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Mauricii, seu monasterium Thielogiense tradit Trevirensi S. Petri ecclesiae a (ann. 622).\n\nIn nomine sanctae et individuae Trinitatis b. Amen. Dagobertus, divina ordinante clementia, Francorum rex. Prudenti consideratione agitur, ut dispositionum, vel commutationum sanctarum memoriae litterarum constitutio tradatur, quoniam per repraesentationem scripti oblivionis nebula tollitur, et mala machinantium pravitas destruitur. Quapropter comperiat omnis sanctae Dei Ecclesiae fidelium, praesentium scilicet et futurorum, solertia, quoniam vir apostolicus Pater noster, dominus Modoaldus, archiepiscopus Trevirensis c, adiit culmen serenitatis nostrae, supplicans ut quandam abbatiam sancti Mauritii martyris, quae vocatur monasterium Thielogiense, a nobis constructam, ac juxta fluvium Sarrae, in ducatu Austriae Mosellanicae nuncupato constitutam, ad ecclesiam sancti Petri principis apostolorum, quae constructa constat in civitate Treverensi, ubi principalis episcopatus sui sedes esse dignoscitur, ad honorem Dei sanctorumque ejus ibidem quiescentium traderemus; statimque nos congruae ejus suasioni volentes ob reverentiam sui gratanter satisfacere, decrevimus ita fieri.","english":"ECCLESIASTICAL PRECEPTS OF DAGOBERT I, KING OF THE FRANKS\n\n(Brequigny, Diplomata, vol. II, new edition, whence also the notes.)\n\nI. Diploma of Dagobert I, by which he hands over the abbey of St. Maurice, that is, the monastery of Thiel, to the church of St. Peter of Trier (year 622).\n\nIn the name of the holy and undivided Trinity. Amen. Dagobert, by the ordaining clemency of God, king of the Franks. It is done by prudent consideration, that the establishment of dispositions, or of holy exchanges, be handed down to the memory of letters, since through the representation of writing the cloud of oblivion is taken away, and the depravity of those who devise evil is destroyed. Wherefore let the diligence of all the faithful of God's holy Church, namely of those present and of those to come, know that the apostolic man our father, lord Modoald, archbishop of Trier, approached the summit of our serenity, beseeching that we hand over a certain abbey of Saint Maurice the martyr, which is called the monastery of Thiel, built by us, and situated beside the river Saar, in the duchy of Austrasia called Mosellanica, to the church of Saint Peter, prince of the apostles, which is established as built in the city of Trier, where the principal seat of his episcopate is known to be, to the honor of God and of his saints resting there; and immediately, desiring to satisfy his fitting persuasion gratefully out of reverence for him, we decreed that it be so done.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Dedimus quoque eandem abbatiam cum universa integritate sua, ad praefatae sedis ecclesiam, in beatae memoriae Chilperici regis, avi nostri, nec non Clotarii genitoris nostri, paternorumque nostrorum, videlicet Chilperici et Clotarii, Christianissimorum regum, animaeque nostrae perpetuam commemorationem, cum ecclesiis, vineis, campis, hominibus, viis, quaesitis et inquirendis, mobilibus et immobilibus, et cum universis appenditiis et adjacentiis suis. Et praefatis ecclesiis, et Patri fratrum praedictae cellae sancti Maurilii super Sarrae Ramen constructae, protectorem, rectorem et advocatum, illustrem dominum dominum Clodulphum, Austriae Mosellanicae ducem a, Arnulphi ducis filium, sanguine regio natum, constituimus. Haec itaque universa per hoc praesens nostrae auctoritatis praeceptum, ad saepe memoratam sedem aeternaliter pertinentia donamus, tradimus, ea scilicet ratione, ut praefatus episcopus successoresque illius, similem perpetuis temporibus ex praelibata abbatia habeant potestatem, veluti de caeteris ejusdem episcopatus causis, juxta utilitatem ipsius ecclesiae cuncta, prout illis placuerit, secure disponere, quatenus rectores ejusdem sedis, cum omni clero eorum regimini subacto, tam pro nobis quam pro antedictis praedecessoribus nostris, et protectore constituto, Dei misericordiam semper exorare delectet.","english":"We have also given the same abbey, with all its integrity, to the church of the aforesaid see, for the perpetual commemoration of the soul of King Chilperic of blessed memory, our grandfather, and of Clotar, our father, and of our forefathers, namely Chilperic and Clotar, most Christian kings, and of our own soul, with its churches, vineyards, fields, men, roads, things acquired and to be acquired, movable and immovable goods, and with all its appendages and adjacent properties. And to the aforesaid churches, and to the father of the brethren of the aforesaid cell of Saint Maurilius, built on the Sarre at Rame, we have constituted as protector, director, and advocate the illustrious lord Clodulph, duke of Austrasian Mosellania, son of Duke Arnulph, born of royal blood. Therefore all these things, pertaining eternally to the often-mentioned see, we give and hand over by this present precept of our authority, on this condition, namely, that the aforesaid bishop and his successors shall have like power for all time from the aforementioned abbey, as over the other affairs of the same bishopric, to dispose of everything securely according to the utility of that church, as it shall please them, so that the rectors of the same see, with all the clergy subject to their governance, may always delight to entreat the mercy of God both for us and for our aforesaid predecessors and for the protector so constituted.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Haec donationis nostrae auctoritas, nullo unquam successore nostro irrumpente, solidissimam in Dei nomine per omnia mundi volventis saecula obtineat stabilitatem; quam munimine nostro roboratam, manu nostra, cum duce Clodulpho, subtus eam firmavimus, quod et fecit Cunibertus, archiepiscopus Coloniensis b, annulorum nostrorum impressionibus jussimus sigillari. Datum Kal. Maii, anno dominicae Incarnationis DCXXII c. Actum Metis, in palatio regali, in Dei nomine faeliciter.\n\nDagobertus, Francorum rex. Cunibertus, archiepiscopus Coloniensis. Clodulphus, Austriae Mosellanicae dux.\n\nII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, quo res ecclesiae B. Petri Trevirensis confirmat; cellam S. Hilarii, seu S. Maximini jubet in hujus ecclesia jure permanere; et utrique advocatum dat Arnulphum, Austriae Mosellanicae ducem (ann. 623).\n\n[In nomine Domini, amen e.] Dagobertus, rex Francorum, illustribus [duci Austriae Mosellanicae Arnulpho f, ac caeteris] ducibus, comitibus, domesticis, vel omnibus agentibus tam ultra quam citra Rhenum, Ligerim, Mosellam, tam absentibus quam praesentibus. Illud ad augmentum vel stabilitatem regni nostri sine dubio in Dei nostri nomine credimus permanere, si sacerdotum petitionibus, vel ecclesiarum rectis postulationibus, id quod nostris auribus patefecerunt, perducamus ad effectum.","english":"Let the authority of this our donation, with no successor of ours ever breaking in, obtain, in the name of God, the most solid stability throughout all the rolling ages of the world; and, strengthened by our protection, we have confirmed it beneath with our own hand, together with Duke Clodulph—which Cunibert, archbishop of Cologne, also did—and we have ordered it to be sealed with the impressions of our rings. Given on the Kalends of May, in the year of the Lord's Incarnation 622. Done at Metz, in the royal palace, happily in the name of God.\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks. Cunibert, archbishop of Cologne. Clodulph, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica.\n\nII.\n\nThe diploma of Dagobert I by which he confirms the possessions of the church of Blessed Peter of Trier; orders that the cell of St. Hilary, or of St. Maximinus, remain by right in this church; and gives to both as advocate Arnulph, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica (year 623).\n\n[In the name of the Lord, amen.] Dagobert, king of the Franks, to the illustrious [Arnulph, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica, and the other] dukes, counts, domestics, and all agents both beyond and on this side of the Rhine, the Loire, and the Moselle, both absent and present. We believe that this will without doubt endure, in the name of our God, for the increase and stability of our kingdom, if we bring to effect, through the petitions of priests and the rightful requests of churches, that which they have made known to our ears.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Ideoque, vir apostolicus Pater noster Modoaldus, archiepiscopus Trevirensis, praeceptum praedecessorum nostrorum, anteriorum regum, parentum nostrorum, Sigiberti, Theodeberti, Theodorici, imo bonae memoriae ac recordationis Lotarii, gloriosi regis, genitoris nostri, eorum manibus roboratum, obtulit obtutibus nostris, in quo erat insertum, quod non solum idem genitor noster, verum etiam praefati reges praedecessores ejus, videlicet Francorum reges, quascunque res boni ac sancti viri, pro divinae contemplationis intuitu, ad partem sancti Petri Trevirensis ecclesiae delegaverunt, suorumque auctoritatibus sigillorum confirmaverunt, quatenus eorum regnum superno auxilio tueretur, et postmodum in aethereo regno, cum Christo, fine beato gauderent. Pro rei firmitate idem praefatus praesul Modoaldus deprecatus fuit sublimitatem nostram, ut, paternum ac praedecessorum morem sequentes, hujuscemodi auctoritatis praeceptum, ob amorem Dei et reverentiam sancti Petri, de eisdem rebus fieri juberemus. Cujus petitioni libenter assensum praebuimus, et hoc nostrae auctoritatis praeceptum erga ipsam ecclesiam, pro divini cultus amore et animae nostrae remedio, fieri decrevimus.","english":"Therefore, our father Modoald, apostolic man and archbishop of Trier, presented before our eyes the precept of our predecessors, former kings, our forefathers Sigibert, Theodebert, Theodoric, and indeed of Lothar of good memory and renown, our glorious father, strengthened by their hands, in which it had been inserted that not only our said father but also the aforesaid kings his predecessors, namely the kings of the Franks, delegated to the portion of Saint Peter of the church of Trier whatever properties of good and holy men, out of regard for divine contemplation, and confirmed them by the authority of their seals, so that their kingdom might be protected by heavenly aid and afterward in the heavenly kingdom they might rejoice with Christ in a blessed end. For the firmness of the matter, the aforesaid prelate Modoald entreated our sublimity that, following the custom of our father and predecessors, we should order a precept of this kind of authority to be made concerning the same properties, for the love of God and reverence of Saint Peter. To his petition we willingly gave assent, and we decreed that this precept of our authority be made in favor of that same church, for the love of divine worship and the remedy of our soul.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Per quod praecipimus ac jubemus omneis res, vel facultates ad ecclesiam sancti Petri Trevericae urbis pertinentes, scilicet cellam sancti Hylarii, quae modo appellatur cella sancti Maximini, quae est in praedio sancti Petri constructa g, castella, vicos, villas, vineas, sylvas, homines, vel quicquid, largiente clementia divina, deinceps ad eam augmentandam ecclesiam, circa Rhenum, Ligerim, [vel Mosellae] fluvium in regno nostro insistentia, omnia super jure et potestate sancti Petri Treverensis ecclesiae, ejusque pontificis perpetualiter mancipatura permanere.","english":"Through this we command and order that all properties and resources belonging to the church of Saint Peter of the city of Trier—namely the cell of Saint Hilary, which is now called the cell of Saint Maximin, which was built on the estate of Saint Peter, together with the fortresses, villages, estates, vineyards, woods, and men, or whatever else, by the granting of divine mercy, may hereafter be added to that church for its increase, along the Rhine, the Loire, [or the Moselle] river within our kingdom, being situated there—all these shall remain perpetually subject to the right and power of Saint Peter of the church of Trier and of its bishop.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"[Pro qua re melius observanda, ac ut praefatarum ecclesiarum res prospere serventur, videlicet beati Petri ac beati Maximini, ne deinceps a grassatoribus quidquam molestiae inferatur, praefatae ecclesiae beati Petri Trevericae urbis, et fratribus antedictae cellae beati Hylarii, quae modo appellatur cella sancti Maximini, quae est in praedio sancti Petri constructa, protectorem, rectorem et advocatum damus illustrem dominum, dominum Arnulphum, sanguine regio natum, parentem nostrum ac instructorem, Austriae Mosellanicae ducem, cui haec omnia fideliter observare praecipimus a.] Propterea pari modo statuimus ut nullus ex [ducibus], publicis judicibus, vel aliquis ex judiciaria potestate, in monasterio, circa ecclesias, cellas, vicos, agros, homines, vel loca alia b, impedimenta ponat, sed liceat memorato praesuli suisque successoribus omnia praefata in integrum perpetuo tempore, pro remedio animae nostrae seu parentum nostrorum, sicut in praecepto genitoris nostri piissimi continetur, quieto ordine possidere et nostro fideliter parere impero [ac nostri domini Arnulphi] c.","english":"For the better observance of this matter, and so that the properties of the aforesaid churches—namely those of blessed Peter and blessed Maximin—may be preserved prosperously, and that no molestation be inflicted hereafter by marauders, we give as protector, rector, and advocate to the aforesaid church of blessed Peter of the city of Trier, and to the brothers of the aforementioned cell of blessed Hilary, which is now called the cell of Saint Maximin, which is built on the estate of Saint Peter, the illustrious lord, lord Arnulf, born of royal blood, our kinsman and instructor, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica; and we command him to observe all these things faithfully. Therefore in like manner we decree that no one among the dukes, public judges, or anyone holding judicial power shall place impediments in the monastery, around the churches, cells, villages, fields, men, or other places, but it shall be permitted to the aforementioned bishop and his successors to possess all the aforesaid in their entirety for perpetual time, for the remedy of our soul and of our parents, just as is contained in the precept of our most pious father, in quiet order, and faithfully to obey us and our lord Arnulf.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Sed ut hoc nostrae auctoritatis praeceptum pleniorem in Dei nomine obtineat vigorem, et a fidelibus sanctae Dei Ecclesiae matris, videlicet praesentibus et futuris temporibus, verius credatur, et diligentius a successoribus nostris conservetur, illud propria manu, [eum principibus nostris d,] subterfirmavimus, [et annulorum nostrorum impressionibus] signari jussimus. [Data IV Kal. Augusti, anno ab incarnato Domino DCXXIII e.)\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum. Cunibertus, archiepiscopus Coloniensis. Atto, episcopus Metensis. Principius, episcopus Spirensis f. [Arnulphus, dux Austriae Mosellanicae.] Pipinus, majordomus [dux Hasbaniae] g.\n\nIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, quo res ecclesiae B. Petri Trevirensis confirmat: cellam B. Eucharii, seu S. Mathiae jubet in hujus ecclesiae jure permanere, et utrique advocatum dat Arnulfum, Austriae Mosellanicae ducem (ann. 623).","english":"But so that this decree of our authority may obtain fuller force in the name of God, and may be more truly believed by the faithful of holy mother Church of God—namely in present and future times—and may be more diligently preserved by our successors, we have confirmed it beneath with our own hand, together with our leading men, and have ordered it to be sealed with the impressions of our rings. Given on the fourth day before the Kalends of August, in the year 623 from the incarnate Lord.\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks. Cunibert, archbishop of Cologne. Atto, bishop of Metz. Principius, bishop of Speyer. Arnulph, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica. Pippin, mayor of the palace, duke of Hasbania.\n\nIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, by which he confirms the property of the church of blessed Peter of Trier: he orders the cell of blessed Eucharius, or Saint Matthias, to remain under the jurisdiction of this church, and gives to both as advocate Arnulf, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica (year 623).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"In numine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti. Amen. Dagobertus, divina favente et ordinante providentia, rex Francorum. Expedit cui ibet auctoritati personae, tum maxime primatibus, regiis, humilibus ac moderatis, sub religione degentium precibus obtemperare, et eorum quietem et pacem pro facultate fovere, et post munire. Igitur noverit omnium fidelium nostrorum tam praesentium quam futurorum sagacitas, quod vir venerabilis et apostolicus Pater noster dominus Modoaldus, sanctae Trevirens. Ecclesiae archiepiscopus, nostris obtulit obtutibus praeceptum anteriorum regum Francorum, in quo erat insertum, quod praedecessores, reges videlicet Francorum, omnes res quascunque boni et sancti viri, pro divinae contemplationis intuitu, ad partem sancti Petri Treverensis ecclesiae delegaverunt, suorum decretorum auctoritatibus confirmaverunt, et duces probos in protectores et advocatos dederunt, quatenus eorum regnum superno auxilio tueretur, et postmodum, cum Christo rege regum, regnarent in coelis. Pro rei veritate et firmitate praefatus praesul Modoaldus postulavit celsitudinem nostram, ut, paternum ac praedecessorum regum mores sequentes, hujuscemodi auctoritatis praeceptum, ob amorem Dei et reverentiam sancti Petri, de eisdem rebus fieri juberemus, ac eis protectorem, seu advocatum, daremus.","english":"In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dagobert, by the favor and ordaining providence of God, king of the Franks. It is expedient for any authority or person whatsoever, and especially for princes, for royal persons, and for the humble and moderate, to comply with the prayers of those living under religion, and to foster and afterward fortify their quiet and peace according to their ability. Therefore let the sagacity of all our faithful, both present and future, know that the venerable man and apostolic father, our lord Modoald, archbishop of the holy church of Trier, has presented to our sight a precept of the earlier kings of the Franks, in which it was inserted that the predecessors, namely the kings of the Franks, confirmed by the authorities of their decrees all the possessions whatsoever that good and holy men, out of regard for divine contemplation, assigned to the portion of Saint Peter of the church of Trier, and gave good dukes as protectors and advocates, so that their kingdom might be guarded by heavenly aid, and afterward, with Christ the king of kings, they might reign in heaven. For the truth and firmness of the matter, the aforesaid bishop Modoald has requested our highness that, following the customs of our father and of the preceding kings, for the love of God and reverence of Saint Peter, we should order a precept of this kind of authority to be made concerning the same possessions, and should give them a protector, or advocate.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"Cui petitioni libenter consensum praebuimus, et hoc nostrae auctoritatis et protectionis praeceptum erga ipsam ecdesiam, pro divini cultus amore et animae nostrae remedio fieri decrevimus. Per quod praecipimus atque jubemus omnes facultates vel res ad ecclesiam sancti Petri Trevericae urbis pertinentes, scilicet, cellam sancti Eucharii, quae modo appellatur cella sancti Mathiae apostoli, quae est in territorio sancti Petri, principis apostolorum, constructa, castella, vicos, villas, vineas, sylvas, homines, vel quaeque, largiente clementia divina deinceps ad augmentandam eandem ecclesiam, circa Rhenum, Ligerim, vel Mosellam fluvios in regno nostro insistentia, omnia super jure et potestate sancti Petri Treverensis ecclesiae, ejusque pontificis, perpetualiter mancipatura permanere a. Pro qua re melius observanda, ac ut praefatarum ecclesiarum res prospere serventur, videlicet ne beati Petri et beati Eucharii ecclesiis deinceps a grassatoribus quidquam molestiae inferatur, praefatae ecclesiae beati Petri Trevericae urbis, et fratribus antedictae cellae beati Eucharii, quae modo appellatur cella sancti Mathiae apostoli, quae est in praedio sancti Petri constructa, protectorem, rectorem et advocatum damus illustrem dominum dominum Arnulphum, sanguine regio natum, ac instructorem nostrum, Austriae Mosellanicae ducem, cui haec omnia fideliter observare praecipimus.","english":"To this petition we have willingly given our consent, and we have decreed that this precept of our authority and protection be made on behalf of that same church, for the love of divine worship and for the remedy of our soul. By it we command and order that all the possessions or properties belonging to the church of Saint Peter of the city of Trier—namely, the cell of Saint Eucharius, which is now called the cell of Saint Matthias the apostle, which is built in the territory of Saint Peter, prince of the apostles—the fortresses, villages, estates, vineyards, woods, men, or whatever else, by the generous clemency of God, may hereafter come to augment that same church, around the rivers Rhine, Loire, or Moselle within our kingdom, shall remain perpetually bound under the right and power of Saint Peter of the church of Trier and of its bishop. For the better observance of this matter, and so that the properties of the aforesaid churches may be prosperously preserved—namely, that no molestation be hereafter inflicted by marauders upon the churches of the blessed Peter and the blessed Eucharius—we give as protector, governor, and advocate to the aforesaid church of the blessed Peter of the city of Trier, and to the brothers of the aforementioned cell of the blessed Eucharius, which is now called the cell of Saint Matthias the apostle, which is built on the estate of Saint Peter, the illustrious lord, Lord Arnulf, born of royal blood and our instructor, duke of Austrasia on the Moselle, to whom we command that he faithfully observe all these things.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Praeterea pari modo statuimus ut nullus ex ducibus, publicis judicibus, vel aliquis ex judiciaria potestate, in monasterio, circa ecclesias, cellas, vicos, agros, homines, vel loca alia, impedimenta ponat, sed liceat memorato praesuli suisque successoribus, omnia praefata in integrum, tempore, perpetuo, pro remedio animae nostrae, seu parentum nostrorum, sicut in praecepto piissimorum antecessorum nostrorum continetur, quieto ordine possidere, et nostro fideliter parere imperio ac domini Arnulphi. Sed, ut hoc itaque nostra auctoritatis praeceptum pleniorem in Dei nomine obtineat vigorem, et a fidelibus sanctae Dei Ecclesiae, nostris videlicet prasentibus et futuris temporibus verius credatur, et diligentius a successoribus nostris observetur, illud propria manu, cum principibus nostris, sublerfirmavimus, et annulorum nostrorum impressionibus signari jussimus. Data III idus Novembris, anno ab incarnato Domino DCXXIII.","english":"Moreover, in like manner we have decreed that no one of the dukes, public judges, or anyone holding judicial power, shall place impediments in the monastery, around the churches, cells, villages, fields, men, or other places; but it shall be permitted to the aforementioned bishop and his successors to possess all the aforesaid in their entirety, in time, perpetually, for the remedy of our soul and of our parents, just as is contained in the precept of our most pious predecessors, in quiet order, and faithfully to obey our command and that of lord Arnulf. But, so that this precept of our authority may obtain fuller force in the name of God, and may be more truly believed by the faithful of the holy Church of God, namely by our people present and future in times, and may be more diligently observed by our successors, we have confirmed it with our own hand, together with our princes, and have ordered it to be sealed with the impressions of our rings. Given on the third day before the ides of November, in the year 623 from the incarnate Lord.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Dagobertus, rex Francorum. Cunibertus, arcbiepiscopus Coloniensis. Atto, episcopus Metensis. Pipinus, episcopus Spirensis. Arnulphus dux Austriae Mosellanicae. Pipinus, dux Hasbaniae, majordomus.\n\nIV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo basilicae Wormatiensi tradit res juris sui in pago Laudenburgensi; et ejusdem possessiones confirmat, cum immunitatibus (ann. 627).\n\nDagobertus (Dagebertus), rei Francorum. Cunctos nosse volumus, qualiter nos de remedio animae nostra et de futura retributione cogitantes, omnino proposuimus in animo (signo) nostro, ecclesias Dei de allodiis nostris cohaeredes facere, et loca sanctorum augmentare. De hoc tulimus bonum consilium procerum nostrorum, Pippini, qui est majordomus, Arnolfi, Metensis episcopi, Huniberti, Coloniensis archiepiscopi (episcopi), et inde misericordiam Domini consequi, et ejus sanctorum suffragia promereri confidimus b. Ideo omnes Dei fideles et nostri, praesentes et futuri, recognoscite (cognoscite) qualiter omnes (omnis) res juris nostri in pago Laudemburgensi (Lobedungowe), et quidquid ad nostram urbem ambulare visum est, et omne quod ad fiscum nostrum hactenus pertinebat, excepto stipe et comitatu, ex eo nihil (nihil ex eo) dimittentes, tradimus totum ex integro, magnum et parvum, ad basilicam sancti Petri (add. et Pauli) apostoli, (add.","english":"Dagobert, king of the Franks. Cunibert, archbishop of Cologne. Atto, bishop of Metz. Pippin, bishop of Speyer. Arnulf, duke of Austrasia Mosellanica. Pippin, duke of Hasbania, mayor of the palace.\n\nIV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he hands over to the basilica of Worms properties of his jurisdiction in the district of Laudenburg; and confirms the same church's possessions, with immunities (year 627).\n\nDagobert (Dagebert), king of the Franks. We wish all to know how we, thinking on the remedy of our soul and on future recompense, have wholly resolved in our mind (mark) to make the churches of God co-heirs of our allods, and to enlarge the places of the saints. Concerning this we took good counsel of our leading men, Pippin, who is mayor of the palace, Arnulf, bishop of Metz, Hunibert, archbishop (bishop) of Cologne, and thence we trust to obtain the mercy of the Lord and to merit the suffrages of his saints. Therefore, all the faithful of God and our own, present and future, recognize (know) how all the properties of our jurisdiction in the district of Laudenburg (Lobedungowe), and whatever has seemed to belong to our city, and everything that hitherto pertained to our fisc, excepting the stipend and the county, leaving nothing of it aside, we hand over the whole in its entirety, great and small, to the basilica of the holy apostles Peter (and Paul), (add.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"vel caeterum dominorum) quae est in Wormacia civitate constructa, cui praeest dominus (domnus) vir apostolicus Amandum Hoc est quod tradimus: civitatem nostram Laudemburg (Lobedunburg, palatium nostrum (omitt.","english":"or otherwise of the lords) which is built in the city of Worms, over which presides the lord, the apostolic man Amandus. This is what we hand over: our city of Ladenburg (Lobedunburg, our palace (omitted.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"nostrum), aedificia, mancipia, vineas, terras cultas et incultas, agros, prata, campos, omne (omnem) sylvaticum in sylvis Otenwalt, cum omni utensilitate in omni pago Laudemburgensi (Lobedungowe), et undique in intraha (Jutraha) in pascuis, materiamina, aquas aquarumve decursus, piscationibus quaesitis et inquirendis, omne (omnem) theloneum, mercatum, et quidquid dici aut nominari potest, sicut prius ad nostrum usum e ambulare videbatur, sic inantea ad praescriptam basilicam, pro aeternae mercedis augmento possidendum donavimus, et sub integra communitate (immunitate) omnia ad eandem basilicam pertinentia praeceptione nostra a novo confirmamus, siculi (sicut) priori anno communitatis (immunitatis) tuitionem dedimus omnes (et omnes) villas, facultates seu abbatias, et quidquid ad ipsam civitatem Wormatiam aspicere videtur, ut nullus judex publicus, nec (nec ad) causas audiendo, nec freda exigendo, nec homines ipsius ecclesiae, tam ingenuos quam et servientes distringendo, nullum impedimentum audeat (audeant) facere, nisi pro parte (ad partem) ipsius ecclesiae, vel ipse pontifex Amandus aut successores hoc habent (habentur) concessum atque indultum, quieto ordine possidere atque dominari (dominare), quod partibus fisci nostri fuit consuetudo reddendi. Et, ut haec authoritas firmior sit, manu nostra subscriptionibus subditis illam Jecrevimus roborare.","english":"our palace, buildings, slaves, vineyards, cultivated and uncultivated lands, fields, meadows, plains, and every woodland right in the forests of Otenwalt, with every use and profit in the whole district of Ladenburg (Lobedungowe), and on every side within Jutraha in pastures, timber, waters and the courses of waters, in fisheries sought and to be sought, every toll, market, and whatever can be said or named, just as previously it seemed to go to our use, so hereafter we have granted it to be possessed by the aforesaid basilica for the increase of eternal reward, and under full immunity we confirm anew by our precept all things pertaining to the same basilica, just as in the former year we gave the protection of immunity to all the villas, resources or abbeys, and whatever seems to look to the city of Worms itself, so that no public judge, whether in hearing cases, or in exacting fines, or in distraining the men of that same church, both freeborn and serving, may dare to offer any impediment, unless for the part of that same church, or unless Bishop Amandus himself or his successors have this granted and indulted, to possess and rule in quiet order, what was the custom to render to the parts of our fisc. And, that this authority may be firmer, we have decreed to strengthen it by our hand with subscriptions added below.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"Dagobertus (Dagebertus), rex Francorum. Godefridus (Odefridus) recognovit. Datum (omitt. Datum) sub die ij (XI) Kalend. Octobris, anno regni nostri VI f. Actum Moguntiae palatio nostro, feliciter satis.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo confirmat partitionem bonorum inter Ursinum et germanum ejus Beppolenum a (ann. 628).\n\nDagobercthus rex Franc. vir inluster.\n\nQuotienscumque petitionebus fedilium personarum, in quo nosris fuerint patefacti, eas per singola libenter volumus obaudire, et effectui in Dei nomine mancipari. Adque ideo, vir inluster et fedelis, Deo propicio, noster Ursinus clementiae regni nostri petiit, ut de id quod una cum germano suo Beppoleno in divisionis paginam, tam ex successione geneturi suo Chrodoleno, quam germano suo Chaimedes quondam, loca quorum vocabola sunt, Ferrarias, Leubaredo villare et Eudoncovilla, seu reliqua facultalem, vel villas illas quod in Roteneco de alode materna per pactionis titulum ad eodem nuscuntur pervenisse: hoc est, cum terris, aedificiis, mancipiis, viniis, silvis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumve decursebus, movilebus et immovilebus, vel reliquis rebus seu adjacentiis ad..,. [trium aut quatuor litterarum spatium] pertenentibus, ut dictum est, ad parte sua pervenisset, et hoc ad praesens ricto ordine essent domenati.","english":"Dagobert, king of the Franks. Godefrid acknowledged it. Given on the second day before the Kalends of October, in the sixth year of our reign, happily enough. Acted at Mainz in our palace.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he confirms the partition of goods between Ursinus and his brother Beppolenus (in the year 628).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man.\n\nWhenever the petitions of faithful persons, in which they have been made known to us, we willingly wish to hear them individually and, in the name of God, to put them into effect. And therefore, illustrious and faithful man, by the favor of God, our Ursinus has petitioned the clemency of our kingdom that, concerning that which together with his brother Beppolenus he has in the page of division, both from the succession of his father Chrodolenus and from his brother Chaimedes of blessed memory, the places whose names are Ferrarias, the estate of Leubaredus and Eudoncovilla, and the remaining property, or those estates which in Rotenecum from the maternal alod he is known to have obtained by the title of agreement: that is, with lands, buildings, slaves, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters, movable and immovable things, and the remaining things or appurtenances belonging to..., as has been said, should have come to his portion, and that these at present should be held in due order.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"Unde et pactione pleniore lora, vel de reliquas res, mano praefato germano suo Beppoleno subscripta, vel bonorum roboracion.... [desunt circiter syllabae quatuor] se pre manebus habere adfirmat, idemque et vindicionis, quod ab aliquibus homenebus in suprascripta loca porciones alequas visus est con... rasse [Sic in tab. aeri incisa. Mabillonius legit comparasse] prae manebus, habere adfirmat: petiit predictus vir ut nostram ex hoc circa ipsum plinius deberit confirmari praeceptio. Cujus postolacione pro rei lucius firmitatem noluemus denegari, praecepientis enim ut quidquid ei constat aequo ordene... [spatium unius litterae] in dicta loca vel reliquas ros ad parte sua per inspecta pactione econtra supradicto germano suo justi in divisione percipisse, et quod per ipsas vindicionis in praefata loca possedire dinuscetur, ut ad praesens ricto tramete possedire videtur, nostram in Dei nomen generaliter auctoretatem firmatur, et ipsi hoc teneat [spatium quatuor syllabarum]... ndat et suisque posteris perpetualiter ad possedendum relinquat, Et ut haec auctoretas perpetuis temporebus firma stabeletate debeat perdurare, manus nostre subscriptionebus subter cam decrevimus roborare d. Burgundofaro e optol. Dagobercthus rex subs.","english":"Wherefore, by a fuller agreement concerning the reins, or concerning the remaining matters, subscribed by the hand of the aforesaid Beppolenus his brother, or the strengthening of the goods... [about four syllables missing] he affirms that he has them in his hands, and likewise he affirms that he has in his hands the vindication, which from certain men in the above-written places he is seen to have... some portions [Thus in the bronze tablet. Mabillon reads \"comparasse\" (to have procured)]. The aforesaid man requested that our fuller precept concerning this matter about him should be confirmed. To whose petition, for the firmness of the matter, we were unwilling to deny, for commanding that whatever is established for him in due order... [space of one letter] in the said places or the remaining matters on his part, after the agreement has been inspected, he has received by right in division against the aforesaid his brother, and that which through the same vindications he is known to possess in the aforesaid places, as at present he is seen to possess by the straight path, let it be confirmed by our authority generally in the name of God, and let him hold this... and leave it to his posterity to possess perpetually. And that this authority may endure with firm stability for perpetual times, we have decreed to strengthen it beneath by the subscriptions of our hand. I, Burgundofaro, have subscribed. Dagobert, king, subscribed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"VI.\n\nPraeceptum Dagoberti I, tegis Francorum, quo jubet ut Desiderius episcopatum Caturcensem suscipiat (ann. 629).\n\nDacobertus, rex Francorum, episcopis et ducibus cunctoque populo Galliarum finibus constituto. Condecet clementiae principatus nostri [vox nostri deest apud Labb.], sagaci indagatione prosequere et pervigili cura tractare, ut electio vel dispositio nostra, Dei in omnibus voluntati debeat concordare, et dum nobis regiones et regna in potestate ad regendum, largiente Domino, noscuntur esse conatae, illis committantur privilegia dignitatum, quos vita laudabilis et morum probitas vel generositatis nobilitas attollat.","english":"VI.\n\nDecree of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he orders that Desiderius take up the bishopric of Caturcum (year 629).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, to the bishops and dukes and all the people established within the borders of the Gauls. It befits the clemency of our principate to pursue with sagacious investigation and to treat with vigilant care, that our election or appointment should in all things agree with the will of God, and that, while regions and kingdoms are known, by the Lord's bounty, to have been made subject to us for governing, the privileges of dignities be committed to those whom a praiseworthy life and probity of morals or nobility of generous birth elevate.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"Et quoniam virum illustrem Desiderium, thesaurarium nostrum, cognovimus religionis observantiam ab ipso pueritiae suae tempore in omnibus custodire, et sub habitu saeculari Christi militem gerere, ac mores angelicos et sacerdotalem conversationem habere, ut non solum in contiguis, sed etiam in longinquis regionibus fama bonitatis ejus evulgata crebrescat, ideo credimus eum merito ad sacerdotium provehere, quem, sicut diximus ornatis moribus, videmus jugiter ad coelestem patriam anhelare; et dum civium abbatumque Cadurcorum consensus hoc omnimodis exposcit ut eum episcopum habeant, et nostra devotio similiter consentit, absque dubio credimus nutu Dei id fieri, ut dum satis nobis est in palatio nostro necessarius, ipsi nobis quodammodo violentiam inferamus, et eum ab aeditibus propriis profectui publico [Labb., ut eum ab aedibus nostris profectui vestro] procuremus. Sed dum nobis, sicut diximus, eum ab aedilibus nostris auferimus, quibus regiones et regna a Deo sunt commissa, quamvis nobis inferamus dispendium, tales debemus procurare pastores, qui secundum Deum et juxta apostolica dicta plebes sibi ac nobis [Melius apud Labb., a nobis] commissas debeant regere, unde nobis merces amplior possit adcrescere.","english":"And since we have recognized that the illustrious man Desiderius, our treasurer, has from the time of his boyhood kept the observance of religion in all things, and under the garb of the world has borne the soldier of Christ, and has had angelic manners and a priestly manner of life, so that the fame of his goodness, spread abroad, grows not only in neighboring but even in distant regions, therefore we believe that he should rightly be advanced to the priesthood, whom, as we have said, adorned with morals, we see continually panting after the heavenly fatherland; and since the consent of the citizens and abbots of the Cadurci demands this in every way, that they have him as bishop, and our devotion likewise consents, we believe without doubt that this is done by the will of God, so that while he is quite necessary to us in our palace, we in some manner do violence to ourselves, and procure him from our own house for the public advantage. But while, as we have said, we take him away from our house, to whom regions and kingdoms have been entrusted by God, although we inflict loss upon ourselves, we ought to procure such shepherds as should, according to God and according to the words of the apostles, rule the peoples committed to them and to us, whence a more abundant reward can accrue to us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"Quamobrem, juxta civium petitionem, nostram quoque concordantem in omnibus voluntatem, decernimus ac jubemus, ut, adjuvante Domino, adclamante laudem ipsius clero vel populo, vir illustris et verus Dei cultor Desiderius pontifex in urbe Cadurca debeat consecrari, et nostra civiumque voluntas, quod decrevit in omnibus in Dei nomine perficiatur, et pontificali benedictione sublimetur, dummodo, Christo propitio, vera hac religione profitemur, quod vita et conversatio ejus digna et probata ab universis habetur, in tantum ut pro nobis et pro universis ordinibus Ecclesiae debeat exorare, et acceptabiles Deo hostias studeat offerre, quia ex hoc vitam nobis longiori aevo, auctore Domino, credimus propagandam, si ille in sacerdotio elegitur et sublimatur, qui pro nobis vel pro vobis, sibique commissis, securus ante tribunal Chrsti preces offerat, et in futuro judicio, ut culpas excuset precator [Labb., peccatorum] assistat. Qua de re, praesenti auctoritate decernimus ut saepedictus Desiderius episcopatum in Cadurca urbe praesentaliter suscipiat, et, Christo propitio, ejus temporibus teneat. Et ut haec deliberatio nostra voluntatis firmior habeatur, manus nostrae subscriptione subter eam decrevimus roborare. Chrodobertus obtulit. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Data sub dic VI Idus Aprilis [Labb. sub die Idus Aprilis] a, anno octavo Dagoberti regis.","english":"Wherefore, in accordance with the petition of the citizens and our will agreeing in all things, we decree and command that, with the Lord's help and with the clergy and people acclaiming His praise, the illustrious man and true worshipper of God Desiderius should be consecrated bishop in the city of Cadurca, and that our will and that of the citizens, which he has decreed in all things, be fulfilled in the name of God and that he be raised up by pontifical blessing, provided that, with Christ's favor, we profess by this true religion that his life and conduct are held worthy and approved by all, to such an extent that he ought to pray for us and for all the orders of the Church, and strive to offer sacrifices acceptable to God, because we believe that by this, with the Lord as author, life will be extended for us to a longer span, if he is chosen and raised to the priesthood who, secure, may offer prayers for us and for you and for those committed to him before the tribunal of Christ, and may stand as an intercessor in the future judgment to excuse faults. For this reason, by the present authority we decree that the often-mentioned Desiderius shall presently receive the episcopate in the city of Cadurca, and, with Christ's favor, hold it in his times. And so that this deliberation of our will may be held more firmly, we have decreed to strengthen it below by the subscription of our hand. Chrodobertus presented it. King Dagobert subscribed. Given on the sixth day before the Ides of April, in the eighth year of King Dagobert.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"VII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo Mercatum sancit Dionysii instituit c(ann. 629).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Leuthone Vulfione, Raucone comitibus, et omnibus agentibus nostris, vicariis, centenariis et ceteris ministris reipublice nostre. Cognoscat solicitudo et prudentia vestra qualiter voluimus et constituimus in honore domni et gloriosi patroni nostri Dionysii, mercatum construendo ad missa ipsa quae evenit septimo Idus Octobris, semel in anno, de omnes negotiantes in regno nostro consistentes, vel de ultra mare venientes, in illa strada que vadit ad Parisius civitate, in loco qui dicitur Pasellus sancti Martini. Et sciatis nostri missi ex hoc mercato et omnes civitates in regno nostro, maxime ad Rothomo porto et Wicus porto qui veniunt de ultra mare, pro vina et melle, vel garantia emendum; et isto et altero anno, seu ante, sit ipse theloneus indultus usque ad tertium annum. Et inde in postea, de unaquaque quarrada de melle persolvant panibus sancti Dionysii solidos duos; et unaquaque quarrada de garantia similiter solidos duos; et illi Saxones et Vicarii d, et Rothomenses, et ceteri pagenses de alias civitates, persolvant de illos navigios, de unaquaque quarrada, denarios duodecim, et vultaticos et passionaticos, per omnes successiones et generationes illorum, secundum antiquam consuetudinem.","english":"VII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he establishes the market of Saint-Denis (year 629).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to Leutho, Vulfio, and Raucone, counts, and to all our agents, vicars, centenaries, and the other officials of our commonwealth. Let your diligence and prudence know how we have willed and established, in honor of our lord and glorious patron Dionysius, by building a market at the very mass which falls on the seventh Ides of October, once a year, for all merchants residing in our kingdom, or coming from beyond the sea, on that road which goes to the city of Paris, in the place which is called Pasellus of Saint Martin. And know that our envoys from this market, and all the cities in our kingdom, especially at the port of Rouen and the port of Wicus, who come from beyond the sea, to buy wine and honey, or garancia; and this year and the next, or before, let that toll be granted until the third year. And thereafter, for each quarrada of honey let them pay two solidi to the bakers of Saint Dionysius; and likewise for each quarrada of garancia two solidi; and those Saxons and Vicarii, and the men of Rouen, and the other countrymen from other cities, let them pay for those ships, for each quarrada, twelve denarii, and vultaticos and passionaticos, through all their successions and generations, according to ancient custom.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"Jubemus etiam ut ipse mercadus per quatuor septimanas extendatur, ut illi negotiatores de Longobardia, sive Hyspanica, et de Provencia, ac de alias regiones, illuc advenire possent. Et volumus atque expresse precipimus ut nullus negociator in propago Parisiaco audeat negociare, nisi in illo mercado quem in honore sancti Dionysii constituimus vel ordinamus; et si quislibet hoc fecerit, bannum nostrum pro hoc persolvat, ad partem sancti Dionysii. Precipimus denique et expresse vobis mandamus, et omnes agentes seu juniores vel successores vestros a presentes et venturos, ut nullo unquam impedimento pars sancti Dionysii de ipso mercado habeat ex pane nostra et vestra, neque intra ipsa civitate Parisius, neque ad foras in ipso pago de ipsos theloneos, vel navigios, portaticos, pontaticos, rivaticos, rotaticos, vultaticos, themonaticos, chespetaticos, pulveraticos, foraticos, mestaticos, laudaticos, saumaticos, salutaticos, omnia et ex omnibus, quicquid ad partem nostram vel fisco publico, de ipso mercado ex ipsa mercimonia exactare potuerit, pars sancti Dionysii vel sui agentes imperpetuo habeant per hinc nestram indulgentiam et auctoritatem. Et ut hec nostra preceptio ad ipso sancto loco nostris et futuris temporibus firmior habeatur, manus nostre subscriptionibus eam subter decrevimus roborare, et de anulo nostro sigillare jussimus. Dagobertus rex subscripsi. Dado obtulit.","english":"We also command that the market itself be extended for four weeks, so that those merchants from Lombardy, or Spain, and from Provence, and from other regions, may be able to come there. And we wish and expressly order that no merchant in the district of Paris dare to trade, except in that market which we have established or ordained in honor of Saint Dionysius; and if anyone shall do this, let him pay our ban for it, to the portion of Saint Dionysius. Furthermore we order and expressly enjoin you, and all your agents or juniors or successors, present and future, that the portion of Saint Dionysius shall never have any impediment from that market on our part and yours, neither within the city of Paris itself, nor outside in the district itself, from those tolls, or boat-dues, port-dues, bridge-dues, river-dues, wheel-dues, carriage-dues, pack-horse dues, highway dues, dust dues, market dues, harvest dues, praise dues, load dues, greeting dues—all and from all things, whatever could be exacted to our portion or the public fisc from that market out of those merchandise, let the portion of Saint Dionysius or its agents have forever, through this our indulgence and authority. And that this our precept may be held more firmly for that holy place in our times and in future times, we have decreed to strengthen it below with the subscriptions of our hand, and we have ordered it to be sealed with our ring. I, King Dagobert, have subscribed. Dado presented it.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"Datum sub die III Kal. Augusti, anno secundo regni Dagoberti c, Compendio, feliciter in Dei nomine. Amen.\n\nVIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, Francorum regia, quo jubet a Sigiberto, patruele suo, Othoni restitui arcem in Alpibus sitam d, (Ann. 630).\n\nAnno salutis sexcentesimo trigesimo, Lothario secundo Galliarum rege octavo, genitore nostro, defectionis imperii occidentalis centesimo quinquagesimo nono, Heraclo Orientali imperatore decimo nono, Honorioque Romano pontifice sexagesimo nono, die quarto mensis Maii. Nos Dagobertus magnus, Austrasie Burgudionumque rex, ex precibus matris nostrae Berentrudae, Francorum reginae, visis tamen prius tabulis antiquissimis a Romanis imperatoribus confectis, fidelitate semper conservata, nec non nobilissimi sanguinis patricii Fabia gente orti prospecta origine, restituimus, damus et confirmamus arcem in Alpibus Curiensibus Rhaetiae sitam in Praevalia, quae appellatur Castrum-Altum vici Pravani, cum omnibus censibus et juribus ad eam pertinentibus, etiam cum decimis a Julio monte usque Oscelam oppidum lacus Larii dictae Praevaliae, strenuo equestris ordinis Othoni a praepositis nostro militum profectori contra Ariovaldum, Longobardorum regem decimum sextum.","english":"Given on the third day before the Kalends of August, in the second year of the reign of Dagobert, at Compiègne, happily in the name of God. Amen.\n\nVIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he orders that the stronghold situated in the Alps be restored by Sigibert, his cousin, to Otho (year 630).\n\nIn the six hundred and thirtieth year of salvation, with Lothair the second, eighth king of the Gauls, our father, in the one hundred and fifty-ninth year of the defection of the Western empire, with Heraclius the nineteenth emperor of the East, and Honorius the sixty-ninth Roman pontiff, on the fourth day of the month of May. We, Dagobert the Great, king of Austrasia and of the Burgundians, at the entreaties of our mother Berentrude, queen of the Franks, having first nevertheless seen the most ancient tablets drawn up by the Roman emperors, with fidelity always preserved, and also with the origin of the most noble blood of the patrician Fabius, sprung from the Fabian clan, having been examined, restore, give, and confirm the stronghold situated in the Curian Alps of Rhaetia, in Praevalia, which is called Castrum-Altum of the village of Pravanum, with all revenues and rights pertaining to it, even with the tithes from Mount Julius as far as the town of Oscela of the lake called Larius of the said Praevalia, to the vigorous Otho of the equestrian order, our commander of soldiers sent forth against Ariovald, sixteenth king of the Lombards.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"Ita tibi, Sigeberto, dilecto patruele nostro, Alemaniae primo duci, jubemus, mandamus et sic volumus ut restituas supradictam arcem supranominato Othoni nostro a praepositis, cum omnibus rebus quae pertinebant ad ipsam, cum fuerit ei direpta, et eum constitues vasallum omnium rerum ante a majoribus retentarum. In quorum, etc. Datum in arce nostra Isenburg.\n\nIX. Indiculus Dagoberti I, Francorum regis, ut consecratio Desiderii in episcopum Caturcensem, in solemnitate Paschae fiat e (Ann. 630).\n\nDomino sancto et apostolico domno ineo Patri Sulpitio Papae, Dagobertus rex. Dum et vestrae sanctitati bene credimus esse compertum, qualiter fidelis noster vir illustris (Labb. vere illustris), Desiderius, thesaurarius noster (Labb.","english":"Thus we command, mandate, and will to you, Sigebert, our beloved cousin, first duke of Alemannia, that you restore the aforesaid fortress to the above-named Otho, our man, [taken] from the provosts, with all the things that belonged to it, since it was plundered from him, and that you establish him as vassal of all the things previously held by his ancestors. In whose, etc. Given at our fortress of Isenburg.\n\nIX. Notice of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, that the consecration of Desiderius as bishop of Caturcum be held on the solemnity of Easter (Year 630).\n\nTo the holy and apostolic lord, our father Sulpitius the Pope, King Dagobert. Since we well believe it has been made known to your Holiness how our faithful and illustrious man Desiderius, our treasurer (Labb. truly illustrious)...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"deest noster), nobis ex adolescentiae suae tempore fideliter deservivit, et nos devotissimam ac monasticam conversationem ejus habemus bene compertam; ideo nos cognoscite taliter decrevisse, ut in civitate Caturca, ubi germanus ejus, domnus Rusticus, episcopus praeivit, in locum ipsius honorem episcopatus in Dei nomine debeat accipere, quia, divina inspirante potentia, talis nostra devotio manet, ut eos quos moribus ornatos et sanctis operibus deditos perspicimus, sicut est iste fidelissimus Dei et noster Desiderius, hos ad episcopale culmen provehere debeamus; quia sic decet regiam celsitudinem ut quos cognoscit in Dei timore conversari, et fidem catholicam integre custodire, vel evangelica praecepta omnimodis observare, ad tale officium studeat promovere. Proinde dum vos arcem metropolitani scimus tenere (Labb., archimetropolitani scimus tenere locum a), praesentes apices, cum debito salutationis officio, almitati vestrae studuimus destinare, petentes ut ad eum benedicendum properare debeatis, et litteras ad comprovinciales fratres vestros dirigatis, ut et illi adesse debeant, ut canonice et juxta apostolicam Institutionem, sub nostri praesentia, in sancta paschali solemnitate, pontificali benedictione debeat confirmari (Labb., debeat esse consecratus).","english":"...is absent from us), has served us faithfully from the time of his youth, and we have well ascertained his most devout and monastic manner of life; therefore know that we have decreed as follows: that in the city of Caturca, where his brother, lord Rusticus, has presided as bishop, he should in the name of God receive the honor of the episcopate in his place, because, by divine inspiration, such is our devotion that those whom we perceive to be adorned with good morals and devoted to holy works, as is this most faithful man of God and of ours, Desiderius, we ought to advance to the episcopal summit; for it befits royal majesty thus to strive to promote to such an office those whom it knows to live in the fear of God, to guard the catholic faith whole and entire, and to observe the evangelical precepts in every way. Accordingly, since we know that you hold the place of archmetropolitan, we have taken care to send these present letters to your eminence with the due office of salutation, asking that you should hasten to bless him, and that you direct letters to your fellow provincial brothers, so that they too should be present, that canonically and according to the apostolic Institution, in our presence, on the holy solemnity of Easter, he may be confirmed with pontifical benediction.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"Illud etiam ante omnia supplicamus, ut nos in sanctis ac Deo placitis orationibus vestris Domino commendetis et ad explendum quod vobis injungimus negotium nullam moram facialis. Quem indiculum manus nostrae subscriptione, ut mos est, decrevimus roborare. Dagobcrtus rex subscripsit\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, de multis ecclesiis a se in honorem sancti Dionysii constructis, et principali Dionysii ecclesiae subditis (Ann. 631). v\n\nDagobertus, Dei gratia rex Francorum, vir illustris, archiepiscopis, episcopis, actuariis. Non immemores beneficiorum, quae summi regis largitio meritis beatissimi Dionysii specialis patroni et protectoris nostri contulit, prae oculis quoque habentes humanae fragilitatis conditionem, imo corde et mente gerentes praecordialem erga eundem beatum Dionysium amorem, ejusque amoris debitam executionem inter plurima quae contulimus ecclesiae ipsius in qua sepeliri optamus, multas in regno nostro ecclesias construximus, quas in honore et nomine ipsius dedicatas, principali ecclesiae ipsius subjici fecimus.","english":"Before all else we entreat this also, that you commend us to the Lord in your holy and God-pleasing prayers, and that you make no delay in carrying out the business which we enjoin upon you. This little document we have decreed to strengthen with the subscription of our hand, as is the custom. King Dagobert subscribed.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, concerning the many churches built by him in honor of Saint Dionysius and subjected to the principal church of Dionysius (year 631). V\n\nDagobert, by the grace of God king of the Franks, illustrious man, to the archbishops, bishops, and actuaries. Not unmindful of the benefits which the bounty of the supreme King has conferred through the merits of the most blessed Dionysius, our special patron and protector, and also keeping before our eyes the condition of human frailty—indeed bearing in our heart and mind a heartfelt love toward the same blessed Dionysius—and [wishing to render] the due fulfillment of that love among the many things which we have conferred upon his church, in which we desire to be buried, we have built many churches in our kingdom, which, dedicated in his honor and name, we have caused to be subjected to his principal church.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"Quarum unam apud castrum Doe in confinio Pictavenst et in diocesi Andegavensi sitam aedificavimus et nomini ejusdem beatissimi martyris consecratam, praedictae principali ecclesiae ipsius subdidimus, cum aliis duabus ecclesiis infra idem castrum constructis, una in honore sancti Baptistae Joannis, altera vero in veneratione beati Leodegarii, duas quoque villas in eadem diocesi Andegavensi citas, Sisiacum videlicet et Albiniacum, cum duabus ecclesiis in eisdem villis constructis, et in honore et in memoria praefati martyris praecellentissimi dedicatas. Concessimus quoque beato Dionysio quidquid eisdem quinque ecclesiis adjacet cum omnium reditu cunctarum rerum; unde hoc nostrae altitudinis preceptum fieri et praedicto sancto Dionysio fratribusque ibidem Domino servientibus dari jussimus, quatinus jam dictas ecclesias perpetualiter teneant atque possideant absque ullius contradictione. Et ut omnia immutabiliter per omnia tempora conserventur, ma(??)u propria praesentem nostram auctoritatem superfinnavimus, et annulo nostro insigniri jussimus. Dagoberti gloriosissimi regis, Ludovici filii Dagoberti, Arnulphi Mercensis episcopi, Nomomensis episcopi peritissimi Aurifalo. Data per manum Dadonis regiae dignitatis cancellarii. Actum Parisius feliciter in Dei nomine. Data IV Idus Aprilis, indictione XII, anno IV a, regnante Dagoberto rege.","english":"One of these churches we built, situated at the fortress of Doe on the border of Poitiers and in the diocese of Angers, and consecrated to the name of that same most blessed martyr, we subjected to the aforesaid principal church of the same martyr, together with two other churches built within the same fortress, one in honor of Saint John the Baptist, the other in veneration of blessed Leodegarius; also two villas situated in the same diocese of Angers, namely Sisiacum and Albiniacum, with two churches built in those same villas and dedicated in honor and in memory of the aforesaid most excellent martyr. We have also granted to blessed Dionysius whatever belongs to those same five churches, together with the income of all their possessions; wherefore we ordered this precept of our highness to be made and given to the aforesaid Saint Dionysius and to the brothers serving the Lord there, so that they may hold and possess the said churches in perpetuity without the contradiction of anyone. And that all things may be preserved immutably through all times, we have signed this present authority with our own hand and ordered it to be marked with our seal. Of Dagobert the most glorious king, of Louis the son of Dagobert, of Arnulph bishop of Metz, of Aurifalus the most skilled bishop of Nantes. Given by the hand of Dado, chancellor of the royal dignity. Done at Paris happily in the name of God. Given on the fourth day before the Ides of April, in the twelfth indiction, in the fourth year, while King Dagobert was reigning.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"XI.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo jus asyli confert monasterio S. Dionysii (ann. 632).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Omnibus episcopis, abbatebus, comitebus, centenariis, vicariis, et caeteris agentibus nostris. Quicquid de utilitate sanctae Dei Ecclesiae, et honestate in praesente ordenamus, et ad effectum perducemus, hoc nobis valde necessarium esse contra visibiles et invisibiles hostes confidemus. Ideoque nos in Dei nomine palacio nostro Clepiaco in synodo generali resedentes pertractavimus, una cum veneravilibus episcopis, abbatebus, comitebus, et caeteris fidelibus nostris, qualiter honor et laus ecclesiae beatorum marterum, videlicet peculiaris patroni nostri domni Dionysii, sociorum ejus Rustici et Eleutherii, haberetur et observaretur; id est, ut quisquis fugitevorum pro quolibet scelere ad praefatam baselicam beatorum marterum fugiens, Tricenam pontem advenerit, vel ex parte Parisius veniens, Montem-Marterum praeterierit, sive de palacio nostro egrediens publicam viam quae pergit ad Luveram transierit, sicut nos Deus liberavit per ipsos sanctos marteres de manibus inimicorum nostorum, et furore domini genitoris nostri, ita omnes quicumque ivi confugerint liverentur et salventur.","english":"XI.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he confers the right of asylum on the monastery of Saint-Denis (year 632).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. To all bishops, abbots, counts, centenaries, vicars, and all our agents. Whatever we ordain in the present matter concerning the welfare of God's holy Church and its honor, and bring to effect, we trust is greatly necessary for us against visible and invisible enemies. And therefore we, in the name of God, sitting in our palace at Clichy in general synod, have deliberated, together with the venerable bishops, abbots, counts, and our other faithful men, how the honor and praise of the church of the blessed martyrs, namely of our special patron lord Dionysius and his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, might be held and observed; that is, that whoever of fugitives, fleeing for any crime whatsoever to the aforesaid basilica of the blessed martyrs, shall have come to the Pont de la Trinité, or coming from the direction of Paris shall have passed Montmartre, or going out from our palace shall have crossed the public road which leads to Louvres, just as God delivered us through those same holy martyrs from the hands of our enemies and from the fury of our lord father, so all who shall have fled there shall be freed and saved.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":27,"ref":"p27","source":"Si autem Deus omnipotens per intercessionem ipsorum sanctorum, brutum animal, videlicet cervum, manifeste inibi in ipso sacro loco liveravit, multo magis dignum est homines rationaviles, quocumque delicto facinoris, sive contra nos vel succedentes reges Francorum, vel contra quemlibet alium fidelem sanctae Dei Ecclesiae aliquod crimen commiserint, relaxentur et liverentur. Contestamur namque et obtestamus omnes successores nostros reges sive principes, per sanctam et individuam Trinitatem, et per adventum justi Judicis ut honor et reverentia sanctae matris ecclesiae, ubi domnus et patronus noster sanctissimus Dionysius requiescit, in omnibus conservetur, sicut Romae ecclesia beatorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli per privilegium Constantini imperatoris obtenere dignoscitur. Si quis vero haec non observaverit, et hic et in futuro anathema sit. Ut autem haec nostra authoritas pleniorem et firmiorem in Dei nomene obteneat vigorem, manu propria nos et sancta synodus nostra, subter eam decrevimus rovorari. Landericus obtulit. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Laudomerus episc. consensit et subscripsit. Crodobertus episc. consen. et subscripsit. Acterius, episc. peccator, subscr. In Christi nomine E(??)igius episc. subs. Rannemundus episcopus subscripsit. In Christi nomine Sylvinus episcopus subscr. Dado, episcopus Rothomagensis Ecclesiae, consensit et subscripsit.","english":"If, however, almighty God, through the intercession of those saints, manifestly delivered a brute animal—namely, a stag—there in that sacred place, how much more fitting is it that rational men, whatever the offense of their crime, whether they have committed any crime against us or the succeeding kings of the Franks, or against any other faithful one of God's holy Church, be released and delivered. For we call to witness and adjure all our successors, kings or princes, by the holy and undivided Trinity and by the coming of the just Judge, that the honor and reverence of the holy mother Church, where our lord and patron the most holy Dionysius rests, be preserved in all things, just as the church of Rome of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul is known to have obtained by the privilege of the emperor Constantine. If anyone, however, shall not observe these things, let him be anathema both here and in the future. But so that this our authority may obtain fuller and firmer force in the name of God, we have decreed that it be confirmed beneath by our own hand and by our holy synod. Landericus offered it. King Dagobert subscribed. Bishop Laudomerus consented and subscribed. Bishop Crodobertus consented and subscribed. Acterius, bishop, sinner, subscribed. In the name of Christ, Bishop Eligius subscribed. Bishop Rannemundus subscribed. In the name of Christ, Bishop Sylvinus subscribed. Dado, bishop of the church of Rouen, consented and subscribed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":28,"ref":"p28","source":"Lorado episcopus consensit. Mauric. episcopus consensit. Palladius, peccator episcopus, subscripsit. AEgynayvi e subscripsit. Clarus in Dei nomine subscripsit. Ermenricus, vir illuster, subscripsit. Hu— bertus consentiens subscr. Dado peccator consensit. Data sub die septima Kalend. Junias, anno quinto regni a. Clipiaco in Dei nomine feliciter. Amen.\n\nXII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo res omnes ad ecclesiam beati Petri Treviremis pertinentes declarat et confirmat (ann. (632).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, viris illustribus, ducibus, comitibus, domesticis, et omnibus agentibus tam ultra quam citra Rhenum, vel ultra Ligerim, tam absentibus quam praesentibus. Illud ad augmentum vel stabilitatem regni nostri sine dubio, in Dei nomine, credimus permanere, si sacerdotum vel Ecclesiarum Dei rectis petitionibus annuentes, id quod nostris auribus patefecerint, perducimus ad effectum.","english":"Lorado the bishop consented. Maurice the bishop consented. Palladius, sinner though bishop, subscribed. Aegynayvius subscribed. Clarus subscribed in the name of God. Ermenricus, a man of illustrious rank, subscribed. Hubert, consenting, subscribed. Dado the sinner consented. Given on the seventh day before the Kalends of June, in the fifth year of the reign of the aforesaid king, at Clichy, in the name of God, happily. Amen.\n\nXII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he declares and confirms all properties belonging to the church of blessed Peter of Trier (year 632).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, to the illustrious men, dukes, counts, domestics, and all agents both beyond and on this side of the Rhine, or beyond the Loire, both absent and present. We believe, in the name of God, that it will without doubt endure to the increase and stability of our kingdom, if, assenting to the just petitions of priests and of the churches of God, we bring to effect that which they have made known to our ears.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":29,"ref":"p29","source":"Ideoque vir apostolicus Pater noster, domnus Modoaldus, archiepiscopus Ecclesiae Trevericae, praeceptum afferens ad nos, praeceptionibus praedecessorum anteriorum regum parentum nostrorum, Sigeberti, Theodoberti, Theodorici, imo bonae recordationis Hlotharii, gloriosi regis, genitoris nostri, manibus robaratum, in quo erat insertum, quod non solum idem genitor noster, verum etiam praefati praedecessores ejus, reges videlicet Francorum, omnes res quascunque boni sancti viri, pro divinae contemplationis intuitu, ad partem sancti Petri, Trevirensis Ecclesiae, delegaverunt, suorum praeceptorum autoritate confirmarunt, quatenus eorum regnum superno auxilio tueretur, et postmodum ipsi in aetherio regno, cum Christo fine carente, gaudere possent.","english":"And therefore our father, the apostolic man, lord Modoaldus, archbishop of the Church of Trier, bringing to us a precept, confirmed by the hands of our predecessors, the earlier kings, our forefathers—Sigebert, Theodobert, Theodoric, and indeed Hlothar of good memory, our glorious father the king—in which it was inserted that not only our said father, but also the aforesaid his predecessors, namely the kings of the Franks, by the authority of their precepts confirmed all the goods whatsoever that good holy men, out of regard for divine contemplation, assigned to the portion of Saint Peter of the Church of Trier, so that their kingdom might be protected by heavenly aid, and afterward they themselves might rejoice with Christ, who has no end, in the heavenly kingdom.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":30,"ref":"p30","source":"Itaque, pro rei firmitate, idem profatus praesul Modoaldus, deprecatus fuit sublimitatem nostram, ut, paternum ac praedeces orum morem sequentes, hujusce modi nostrae auctoritatis praeceptum, ob amorem Dei et reverentiam sancti Petri de eisdem rebus juberemus fieri; cujus petitioni libenter assensum praebuimus, et hoc nostrae auctoritatis praeceptum erga ipsam ecclesiam pro divini cultus amore et animae nostrae remedio, fieri decrevimus; per quod praecipimus atque jubemus ut omnes res vel facultates ad ecclesiam sancti Petri Trevericae urbis pertinentes, scilicet celiam sancti Hilarii, quae nunc appellatur sancti Maximini, quae est in praedio sancti Petri constructa, et cellam sancti Paulini et sancti Eucharii, et monasterium sanctae Mariae, quod idem praefatus pontifex Modoaldus in territorio sancti Petri nuper a fundamento construxit, et votatur Horrea, basilicam sancti Martini, sitam in pago Maiginensi, et caeteras basilicas, castella, vicos, villas, vineas, sylvas, homines, vel quicquid, largiente divina clementia, deinceps ad eandem augmentandam ecclesiam tribuetur, circa Rhenum et Ligerim fluvium, in regno nostro consistentia, omnia sub jure et potestate sancti Petri, Trevirensis ecclesiae, ejusque pontificis, perpetualiter mancipata permaneant.","english":"Therefore, for the strengthening of the matter, the aforesaid bishop Modoaldus entreated our highness that, following the paternal and ancestral custom, for the love of God and reverence of Saint Peter, we should order a precept of our authority of this kind to be made concerning the same matters; to whose petition we gladly gave assent, and we decreed this precept of our authority to be made for that same church, for the love of divine worship and the remedy of our soul; through which we command and order that all the goods or properties belonging to the church of Saint Peter of the city of Trier—namely the cell of Saint Hilary, which is now called that of Saint Maximinus, which is built on the estate of Saint Peter, and the cell of Saint Paulinus and of Saint Eucharius, and the monastery of Saint Mary, which the same aforesaid pontiff Modoaldus recently built from the foundation in the territory of Saint Peter, and the place called Horrea, the basilica of Saint Martin, situated in the district of Maiginense, and the other basilicas, fortresses, villages, estates, vineyards, woods, men, or whatever, by the largess of divine mercy, shall hereafter be granted for the increase of that same church, along the Rhine and the Loire river, situated in our kingdom—all these shall remain perpetually bound under the right and power of Saint Peter, of the church of Trier, and of its pontiff.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":31,"ref":"p31","source":"Praeterea pari modo etiam statuimus ut nullus ex publicis judicibus, vel aliquis ex judiciaria potestate in monasteria, ecclesias, castella, vicos vel agros, loca, seu reliquas possessiones praedictae ecclesiae, tam ultra quam citra Rhenum vel Ligerim fluvium, in pagis vel territoriis quae infra potestatem regni nostri, memorata possidet ecclesia, vel quae deinceps in jure ipsius sancti loci vofuerit divina potestas augeri, ad causas audiendas, vel freda aut tribula aut conjectos aliquos exigendos, aut mansiones vel paratas faciendas aut fidejussores tollendos, aut homines ipsius ecclesiae distringendos, vel injustas exactiones inquirendas, vel teloneum exigendum, nostris et futuris temporibus aggredi audeant, vel ea quae supra memorata sunt, nequaquam penitus exigere, praesumant; sed liceat memorato praesuli suisque successoribus, omnia praefata monasteria, villas, vicos et castella, cum suis adjacentibus, integre perpetuo tempore, pro remedio animae nostrae seu parentum nostrorum, sicut in praecepto piissimi genitoris nostri continetur, quieto ordine possidere, et nostro fideliter parere imperio.","english":"Furthermore, in like manner we also decree that no one of the public judges, or anyone holding judicial power, shall presume in our own and future times to enter the monasteries, churches, fortresses, villages, or fields, places, or the remaining possessions of the aforesaid church, whether beyond or on this side of the Rhine or the Loire river, in the districts or territories which are within the power of our kingdom and which the said church possesses, or which the divine power shall hereafter cause to be added to the right of that same holy place, for the hearing of cases, or for exacting freda or tribute or any forced contributions, or for making lodgings or provisions, or for taking sureties, or for distraining the men of that same church, or for inquiring into unjust exactions, or for exacting toll; nor shall they presume in any way whatever to exact the things above mentioned; but let it be permitted to the said bishop and his successors to possess all the aforesaid monasteries, villas, villages, and fortresses, with their appurtenances, wholly and for all time, for the remedy of our soul and of our parents, as is contained in the precept of our most pious father, in quiet order, and faithfully to obey our command.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":32,"ref":"p32","source":"Sed ut hoc nostrae auctoritatis praeceptum pleniorem in Dei nomine obtinent vigorem, et a fidelibus sanctae Dei Ecclesiae, nostris videlicet praesentibus et futuris temporibus, verius credatur, et diligentius a successoribus nostris conservetur, manu id propria cum laidis nostris subterfirmavimus, et annuli nostri impressione signare jussimus. Dagobertus, rex Francorum a,... Cunnibertus, gratia Dei, Coloniensis archiepiscopus. Abbo, Metensis episcopus. Principius, Spirensis episcopus. Pipinius, major-domus.\n\nXIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo donat Sigiranno locum Longoretum ad monasterium construendum, et Milepecum ad construendam basilicam (ann. 632).\n\nCum per universum mundum fides Christiana [Samm., Christianae] religionis ab apostolis sacris eroganda, doctoribus, prodigiis et miraculorum signis praeeuntibus [Samm., premitibus], Christi praemisso nomine divulgaretur, innumera multitudo populi totius conditionis ad sacramentum baptismi, purificandi noxa veteris culpae confluebant; Clodovicus ergo, Francorum rex, praedicatione sancti Remigii [Samm., sancti Remigii, Rem.","english":"But so that this precept of our authority may obtain fuller force in the name of God, and may be more truly believed by the faithful of God's holy Church—namely, by those present and future in our times—and may be more diligently preserved by our successors, we have confirmed it below with our own hand together with our laymen, and we have ordered it to be marked with the impression of our ring. Dagobert, king of the Franks. Cunnibert, by the grace of God, archbishop of Cologne. Abbo, bishop of Metz. Principius, bishop of Speyer. Pipin, mayor of the palace.\n\nXIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to Sigirannus the place Longoretum for building a monastery, and Milepecum for building a basilica (in the year 632).\n\nWhen throughout the whole world the Christian faith of religion was being spread abroad by the apostles, to be dispensed by sacred teachers, with prodigies and signs of miracles going before, with the name of Christ sent before, an innumerable multitude of people of every condition flowed together to the sacrament of baptism, to be cleansed from the guilt of the old fault; Clovis therefore, king of the Franks, by the preaching of Saint Remigius...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":33,"ref":"p33","source":"episcopi, divino afflatu spiramine, ab eodem, primus Francorum regum, baptismi] baptismi lavacrum sacrae purificationis suscepit, a quo nempe ego Dagobertus, filius Clotarii regis, filii Chilperici, filii Clotarii, filii Childeberti [Samm., filius Clotarii regis ab eodem Clodoveo], ab eodem Clodovico, primo nostrorum fide Christi imbuto, quintus, vitam sanguinis trabens, fidei Christi ac individuae Trinitatis venis cultor, cujus nutu nec etiam astra resistunt, vel quidquid coelo subsilit famulatur, coelestis patriae cobabilationem potiorem ducens, sacra loca pignoribus sauctorum praemissa, et a sanctis apostolorum imitatoribus aedificata; a Deo mihi [Chop., nutu] concessis rebus augmentare, et etiam in quibus non fuerunt locis Christi memoriam non impiger [Chop., non fuerit locis Christi memoria impiger], fundata extruere cupio. Est etenim locus non longe a confinibus Pictavensis seu Turonensis pagi, uberrimus pascuis pecorum ac jumentorum [Chop. add.","english":"the bishops, by divine inspiration breathing upon him, he received the laver of baptism of sacred purification from the same man, the first of the Frankish kings; from him indeed I, Dagobert, son of King Clothar, son of Chilperic, son of Clothar, son of Childebert, from the same Clovis, the first of our people to be imbued with the faith of Christ, the fifth, drawing the life of blood, a worshipper of the faith of Christ and of the undivided Trinity in the veins, at whose nod not even the stars resist, or whatever leaps down from heaven serves, deeming the cohabitation of the heavenly fatherland preferable, the sacred places distinguished by the pledges of the saints and built by the holy imitators of the apostles; I desire to increase the things granted to me by God, and even in places where they have not been, to build up the memory of Christ, not slothful. For there is a place not far from the borders of the territory of Poitiers or Tours, most rich in pastures for sheep and beasts of burden.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":34,"ref":"p34","source":"innumeris], irriguus decursibus aquarum, atque amenus venationi ferarum, quo fuit mihi animus saepius commorari, qui [Chop., quin] etiam ob frequentiam regum, delectandi gratia, Longoretus a commanentibus vocatur c, quem mihi placet dare Sigiranno mihi genere propinquo, qui ab archidiaconatu Turonensium se feliciore vita frui desiderans, removens sub monachali norma, cum jam sibi junctis fratribus existentem vitam transigere mihi profitetur. Itaque ego Dagobertus, Francorum rex, tranquilla pace, divina praeordinante clementia quietus, cum Clodoveo filio meo, quampluribus praesentibus ex meis magnatibus, hunc supradictum locum in decursu Clasiae [Chop., Clasis] consitum, ac sanctae Dei genitricis et semper virginis Mariae honore praenotatum [Chop., praenotato], cum omni curia et honoribus ipsius curiae pertinentibus, ecclesias cum decimis, videlicet, et earum exequiis, et omni ecclesiastica redditione [Chop., jurisdictione], et etiam quidquid vel incultum, vel cultum terra seu viarum publicarum vectigalibus ac silvarum pascariis, nec non et capite censi ex omnibus [Chop., censis et omnibus; Samm., censuque ex omnibus] hominibus ad ipsam curiam pertinentibus, omnia nempe quae esse videntur (a decursu Andriae usque transcursum Crosae, circa fines Biturigensis ac Pictavensis confinii, quae omnia meae ditioni ac propriae potestati dominicae [Chop.","english":"innumerable, well-watered by the courses of waters, and pleasant for the hunting of wild beasts, where it was my intention to dwell rather often, which also, on account of the frequent presence of kings, for the sake of delight, is called Longoretus by those dwelling there, which it pleases me to give to Sigiranus, my kinsman by blood, who, desiring to enjoy a happier life away from the archdeaconate of the men of Tours, withdrawing under the monastic rule, declares to me that he intends to pass the life that now exists together with the brothers already joined to him. And so I, Dagobert, king of the Franks, at tranquil peace, at rest by the divine clemency foreordaining, together with Clovis my son, with very many of my magnates present, [give] this above-said place situated on the course of the Clasia, and marked beforehand in honor of the holy mother of God and ever-virgin Mary, with all its court and the honors pertaining to that same court, the churches with their tithes, namely, and their revenues, and every ecclesiastical rendering, and also whatever either uncultivated or cultivated land, or the tolls of the public roads and the pastures of the woods, and no less the head-tax from all the men pertaining to that same court, indeed all things that are seen to be (from the course of the Andria up to the crossing of the Crosa, around the boundaries of the territory of Bourges and the border of Poitiers, all which things [belong] to my dominion and to my own lordly power","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":35,"ref":"p35","source":"et Samm., dominico] consistunt, dono et concedo, ac perpetuo tenore habenda confirmo, regali potentia et dignitate, Sigiranno Sigelaici filio comitis ac Turonum episcopi, quatenus qui saecularibus pompis Biturigensis comitis filius abrenuntians, castitate, custode virtutum, Deo placere gestiens, inibi ex meis propriis rebus ac facultatibus coenobiale monasterium, ut animo concipit, construere liceat), et cum consortio fratrum, sub regulari monachorum ordine se Deo vivere devoventium [Chop., se Deo vovere protectione; Samm., se eo vivere devotentium] protectione Dei genitricis quae potior est nostra, devoto [Chop., devotio] obsequio mysteriorum Dei, pro sua et nostrorum salute invigilare libeat. Hunc ergo locum mihi primordio constructionis [Samm., construens] praecipuum, parte salutiferi ligni quo Christus passus est, ac parte vestimenti Dei genitricis auro reconditum, seu Joannis Baptistae parte menti, et aliorum sanctorum reliquiis, quas a religiosis viris habemus, cum exorabili obsequio honestissimorum virorum, clericorum videlicet et monachorum laudes Deo decantantium, sacro [sacro deest apud Samm.] munimine adornamus; quatenus fidelis populus, huc orandi devotus adveniens, sciat suffragia quorum, Deo propitiante, implorare debeat.","english":"and they consist in Samm., on the Lord's day, I give and grant, and I confirm to be held in perpetual tenure, by royal power and dignity, to Sigiranus, son of Sigelaicus, count and bishop of the Turones, inasmuch as he, renouncing the secular pomp as the son of the count of the Bituriges, desiring to please God in chastity, the guardian of virtues, may there be permitted from my own goods and resources to construct a monastic monastery, as he conceives in his mind, and with the fellowship of brothers devoting themselves to live to God under the regular order of monks, under the protection of the Mother of God, which is mightier than ours, with devoted service of the mysteries of God, to watch over for his own and our salvation. This place, therefore, foremost to me from the beginning of its construction, I adorn with sacred protection, with a portion of the life-giving wood on which Christ suffered, and a portion of the garment of the Mother of God laid up in gold, and with a portion of the mind of John the Baptist, and with relics of other saints, which we have from religious men, together with the suppliant service of most honorable men, namely clerics and monks singing praises to God; so that the faithful people, coming hither devoted to prayer, may know whose intercessions, with God's favor, they ought to implore.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":36,"ref":"p36","source":"(Clodoveo etenim filio meo, quem in tranquillitate pacis et quietudinis, regno totius Franciae mihi superstitem statuo a, commendo, moneo et praecipio, ut si, crescente numero monachorum in hoc loco consistentium, praeter haec quae damus, aliquid ex nostris rebus seu facultatibus superaddere opus fuerit, paternali amore [Chop. et Samm., amore mei), Deo sibi remunerante, impendere non recuset. Et si quisquam ex haeredibus nostris aut collateralibus, vel propinquorum vel extraneorum invidioso furore impatiens, vel in maximo, vel in minimo hoc conturbare ac distrahere praesumpserit), cum diabolo gehennali perempturus igne, aut Sigiranno, seu sequacibus monachis in aevum [Samm., eum] Deo et sanctae ejus matri Mariae deservientibus, contrarius exstiterit, regalis in eo exspectatur vindicta, et insuper dignus irae Dei, cum his quibus in die judicii dicturus est: Ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum, qui paratus est diabolo et ministris ejus; cum duobus filiis Chore, Daton, videlicet et Abiron, hiatu terrae vivus absorbeatur; aut cum Juda traditore coelo et terra perosus, in pulverem redactus, turbinibus ventorum expositus dispereat b.","english":"For I establish and commend my son Clodoveus, whom I set to survive me in the kingdom of all Francia in the tranquility of peace and quiet, and I admonish and instruct him that, if with the growing number of monks residing in this place, beyond these things which we give, there should be need to add something from our goods or resources, he should not refuse to bestow it with paternal love, God rewarding him. And if anyone from our heirs or collateral kin, whether of relatives or of strangers, impatient with envious fury, should presume to disturb or tear apart this matter, whether in the greatest or in the least, he shall be destroyed with the devil in the fire of hell, or he shall stand as an adversary to Sigirannus, or to the monks his followers serving God and his holy mother Mary forever, and the vengeance of the king is awaited upon him, and moreover he shall be worthy of the wrath of God, with those to whom on the day of judgment he will say: Go, you cursed, into eternal fire, which is prepared for the devil and his ministers; with the two sons of Chore, namely Daton and Abiron, let him be swallowed alive by the gaping of the earth; or with Judas the traitor, hated by heaven and earth, reduced to dust, let him perish exposed to the whirlwinds of the winds.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":37,"ref":"p37","source":"Ob firmitatem igitur perpetui tenoris hujus nostri doni, locum quem sibi Sigirannus jam dicit praevidisse [Chop., providisse] fore aptum ad construendam basilicam in honore sancti Petri, quem etiam Millepecum [Chop., Mollepecum] vocat c, cum omnibus ecclesiis jam contructis, seu construendis, denotari praecipimus, et cum omnibus tam decimis quam pedagiis atque pascariis et vectigalibus, et cunctis exitiis terrarum et silvarum, quidquid inde videlicet, cultui vel incultui esse videtur, ut dictum est, infra metas supradictorum finis, quatenus supervenientes reges se defensores et auctores esse debere recognoscant hujus regalis coenobii, ab omni insectatione persecutorum, si aliquid quispiam, quasi ex nostro dono vel fide [Chop., fredo, Samm., feodo] vel aliquo fraudulenti ingenio praeripere praesumpserit e. Ego nempe Dagobertus et Clodoveus filius meus, regali potentia et dignitate, propriis manibus firmamus, authorizamus et confirmamus hoc donum sanctae [Samm., donum devotione sanctae] Dei genitricis ac perpetuae virginis Mariae, honore cujus fieri praecipio altare in mea regali domo, ad celebrandum solemne sacrificium, quousque peramplius construatur aedificium. Ann. ab Incarnatione Domini sexcentesimo trigesimo secundo f. Vusseodo [Sammarth., Vulfoldo] episcopali sede Biturigae civitatis residente: indictione VI, epacta XI, luna VII. S. domini Dagoberti. S.","english":"For the firmness, therefore, of the perpetual tenor of this our gift, we command that the place which Sigirannus is said already to have foreseen for himself—or provided—as suitable for building a basilica in honor of Saint Peter, which he also calls Millepecum—or Mollepecum—be designated together with all churches already built or to be built, and with all tithes as well as tolls and pastures and revenues, and with all the produce of lands and forests, whatever therein is seen to be cultivated or uncultivated, as has been said, within the bounds of the aforesaid boundary, so that succeeding kings may recognize that they ought to be defenders and patrons of this royal monastery, [and protect it] from every pursuit of persecutors, if anyone shall presume to snatch anything away, as though from our gift or trust—or fief—or by some fraudulent device. I indeed, Dagobert, and my son Clodoveus, by royal power and dignity, with our own hands ratify, authorize, and confirm this gift of the holy Mother of God and perpetual Virgin Mary, in whose honor I command an altar to be made in my royal house, for the celebration of the solemn sacrifice, until a larger building be constructed. In the year of the Incarnation of the Lord six hundred thirty-two, with Vusseodus—or Vulfoldus—residing in the episcopal see of the city of Biturigae: in the sixth indiction, the eleventh epact, the seventh moon. Seal of lord Dagobert. Seal.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":38,"ref":"p38","source":"Pipini, ducis Regiae domus. S. Ebroini. S. Clodovei, S. Odonis comitis [Sammarth., S. Ebroini, S. Dodonis comitis; sic et Labb.] S. Bosonis archiclavis, S. Theodorici praecentoris. Sigiranno dictante firmatum est g.\n\nXIV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo, inquisitione facta de originibus monasterii S. Maximini (Trevirensis). dona ei privilegia et collata confirmat, et ipse dona nova confert (ann. 633).\n\nIn nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti i. Omnium Christianorum noverit industria qualiter ego Dagobertus, rex potentissimus a, convenienti consitio episcoporum meorum, comitumque, legatos de mea parte ad abbatem Memilianum direxi, mandans ei, ut diligenter inquireret, mihique per seipsum indicaret, quibus auctoribus illud monasterium sancti Maximini constructum, vel cujus imperio a pristinis temporibus esset subjectum. Hanc legationem abbas cum fratribus sollicite percipiens, perlectisque in eodem loco quibusdam vetustissimis chartulis, inventum est ipsum monasterium Constantini imperatoris fuisse regale templum b, atque jussu ejus dedicatum fore in honore sancti Joannis evangelistae a sancto Agritio, venerabili episcopo.","english":"Of Pipin, duke of the royal house. Of Saint Ebroin. Of Saint Clovis. Of Saint Odo the count. Of Saint Boso the archchamberlain. Of Saint Theodoric the precentor. It was confirmed by the dictation of Sigirannus.\n\nXIV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which, after an inquiry had been made concerning the origins of the monastery of Saint Maximin (of Trier), he confirms to it the gifts and privileges conferred upon it, and himself confers new gifts (in the year 633).\n\nIn the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Let the diligence of all Christians know how I, Dagobert, mightiest king, with the fitting counsel of my bishops and counts, sent legates on my behalf to the abbot Memilianus, instructing him to inquire diligently and to report to me himself by what founders that monastery of Saint Maximin was built, or under whose authority it had been subject from the earliest times. The abbot, receiving this commission with his brethren with care, and having read through certain very ancient documents in that same place, it was found that the monastery itself had been a royal temple of the emperor Constantine, and that by his command it had been dedicated in honor of Saint John the Evangelist by Saint Agritius, the venerable bishop.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":39,"ref":"p39","source":"In quo videlicet templo, ut idem pater monasterii nostrae regalitati certa relatione patefecit, Helena sacra famula petente et favente, supradictus imperator pauperes Christi congregavit, cisque virum Dei Joannem praeposuit, ut in servitio Dei semper vacarent, et pro se orationibus insisterent, et insuper illius loci habitationem aliae personae noluit subdere, nisi suae successorumque imperatorum potestati. His rebus ita esse firmiter intellectis, regio more constituo atque firmissima jussione praecipio, ut nullus unquam proterve illud monasterium, in quo supradictus abbas praeesse videtur, audeat inire, vel ullam inhumanitatem illi violenter inferre. Igitur ut assidue recordatio mei meorumque parentum maneret in praedicto monasterio, ipsorum praebendariorum sancti Maximini victualia sub praememorato imperatore constituta, additis mea ex parte praediis augere curavi, quorum nomina haec sunt: Kannis, Cressiacum, Lunewich, Regiodola, Vallis Poliche, Baudeliacum, Talevant, Loavia. Haec loca ad regiam curtem quae dicitur Decima pertinent: quam curtim, cum omnibus rebus ad eam pertinentibus, hoc est, quidquid praedii visus sum habere a fluvio qui nuncupatur Rubera, usque ad silvam quae dicitur Leder, sancto Maximino praesuli in perpetuam hereditatem contradidi.","english":"In that same church, as the same father of the monastery made known to our royal majesty by sure report, at the request and with the favor of the holy handmaid Helena, the aforesaid emperor gathered the poor of Christ and set over them the man of God John, so that they might always be free for the service of God and persist in prayers for him, and moreover he was unwilling to subject the dwelling of that place to any other persons except to his own power and that of the emperors his successors. Having firmly understood these things to be so, I establish it in the royal manner and command it by my most firm order, that no one ever should presumptuously dare to enter that monastery, in which the aforesaid abbot is seen to preside, or violently inflict any inhumanity upon it. Therefore, so that the remembrance of me and of my parents might abide continually in the aforesaid monastery, I have taken care to augment, with estates added on my part, the provisions of the prebendaries of Saint Maximinus themselves, established under the aforementioned emperor, whose names are these: Kannis, Cressiacum, Lunewich, Regiodola, Vallis Poliche, Baudeliacum, Talevant, Loavia. These places belong to the royal court which is called Decima: which court, with all things pertaining to it, that is, whatever estate I have been seen to hold from the river which is called Rubera, as far as the forest which is called Leder, I have handed over to Saint Maximinus the bishop in perpetual inheritance.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":40,"ref":"p40","source":"Insuper, et cum consilio et rogatu meorum principum, catervis inibi Deo deservientibus hanc legem firmiter ac perpetualiter in posterum habendam decrevi, ut centenorum ibidem summa monachorum semper integra maneat et inconvulsa; excepto si imperatorum principumve per saecula succedentium benivolentia praediis augmentetur, vel thesauris. Et si propter paganorum vel infidelium vel Christianorum devastationem, iisdem Christi servitoribus penuria ultra modum ingruerit, et per thesauri effusionem expelli nequiverit, Dei omnipotentis et mei meorumque successorum habeant licentiam allodium cum familia, a fidelibus illis contraditum, dandi et vendendi, antequam Dei destruantur servitia. Et ut istius chartulae confirmatio firma in aevum permaneat, describi eam praecepi, et nostro sigillo eam inde confirmavi e. Datum pridie Nonas Aprilis f, anno regni nostri XII, Moguntiae feliciter. Amen.","english":"Moreover, with the counsel and request of my princes, I have decreed that this law be held firmly and perpetually for the future by the companies serving God there, namely that the total number of a hundred monks there remain always whole and unshaken; except that, if by the goodwill of emperors or princes succeeding through the ages it be increased with estates or treasures. And if, on account of the devastation of pagans or infidels or Christians, want should press upon those same servants of Christ beyond measure, and it cannot be driven off by the pouring out of treasure, they shall have license from God Almighty and from me and my successors to give and sell the allod with its household, granted to them by the faithful, before the services of God be destroyed. And so that the confirmation of this little charter may remain firm forever, I have ordered it to be written out, and I have confirmed it with our seal. Given on the day before the Nones of April, in the twelfth year of our reign, at Mainz, happily. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":41,"ref":"p41","source":"Signum Dagoberti regis g. Henricus canceliarius ad vicem Ricolfi archicapellani recognovi.\n\nXV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, pro fundatione monasterii Haselacensis i (ann. 633).\n\nIn nomine sancte et individue Trinitatis. Amen. Dagobertus a, divina favente clementia, Francorum rex. Omnibus regni sui primatibus, imo cunctis fidem Christianam profitentibus, tam futuris quam presentibus, gratia vobis, et pax ab eo qui est, qui erat, et qui venturus est, omnipotens. Volum quo Deo et sanctis se quis obligaverit, sine macula reatus irritum fieri non poterit; et quanto major et dignior est is cui vovetur, eo ferietur graviori judicio voventis et non reddentis praesumptio. Debemus igitur et volumus nos quoque reddere quod vovimus Domino Deo terribili, et ei qui aufert spiritus principum, terribili apud omnes reges terre (qui qualiter in brachio suo virtutis nos terruerit, et qualiter percutiens et sanans, rursus nos visitaverit, omnibus ad exemplum correctionis notum fieri dignum duximus, precipue, ut quisquis fidelis, audito nostro periculo, ab ecclesiarum Dei vastatione se contineat, et honorem congruum rebus Deo dicatis exhibeat. Primum ergo de divina super nos habita terribiliter examinatione, postea de voto et voti nostri redditione breviter exponemus. Patre meo Clothario, felicis memorie, defuncto, patris regni curam suscepi.","english":"The mark of King Dagobert. I, Henry the chancellor, in place of Ricolf the archchaplain, have acknowledged it.\n\nXV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, for the foundation of the monastery of Haselac (year 633).\n\nIn the name of the holy and undivided Trinity. Amen. Dagobert, by the favouring clemency of God, king of the Franks. To all the leading men of his kingdom, nay rather to all who profess the Christian faith, both future and present, grace to you and peace from him who is, who was, and who is to come, the almighty. The vow by which anyone has bound himself to God and his saints cannot be made void without the stain of guilt; and the greater and more worthy he is to whom the vow is made, the heavier the judgment that will fall upon the presumption of one who vows and does not pay. We therefore ought and we wish also to render what we have vowed to the Lord God, who is terrible, and to him who takes away the spirit of princes, terrible among all the kings of the earth (and in what manner he terrified us by the arm of his power, and in what manner, striking and healing, he again visited us, we have deemed worthy to make known to all as an example of correction, especially that whoever is faithful, having heard of our peril, may restrain himself from the devastation of the churches of God, and may show fitting honour to the things dedicated to God. First, therefore, we shall briefly set forth concerning the divine examination that was terribly brought upon us, and afterwards concerning the vow and the payment of our vow. When my father Clothar, of blessed memory, had died, I took up the care of my father's kingdom.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":42,"ref":"p42","source":"Sed juvenili ductus levitate, dominiique cupiditate distractus, regalis officii debitum neglexi, nihil exhibens commisse sollicitudinis vel diligentie, nihil faciens vel judicans mansuetudinis aut zelo justitie. Inter alios excessus meos, ecclesiarum destructor et dissipator esse ceperam, quarum defensor et sublimator esse debueram, nec divine majestatis oculos, nec hominum veritus acclamationem. Tandem Dei benignitas obstinate mentis superbiam conterens, virga correptionis iniquitates meas visitavit, et castigato mihi veniam non denegavit. Nam raptus in sublime, divineque majestati inter choros sanctorum in habitu judicantis sedenti presentatus, a sanctissimis ecclesiarum patronis, pro rebus ecclesiasticis per rapinam distractis a me et consumptis, graviter et constanter sum accusatus, maxime a sanctissima Dei genitrice Maria, et susceptore animarum sancto Michaele archangelo, atque a beatissimis Petro et Paulo, apostolorum principibus. Cumque, conscientia gravatus, non auderem delicia defendere, ex arbitrio presidentis, pene sum addictus, diuque ceso et penis atrocibus confecto, adest predictus archangelus, flammeo gladio super me extento, ultionem de sibi usurpatis bonis, sanctorumque quos prenominavit, et propter acclamationem inopum et pauperum in me volens exercere, quibus materiali gladio infestus eram, judicia non judicans recta.","english":"But, led astray by youthful frivolity and distracted by greed for dominion, I neglected the debt of my royal office, showing nothing of the solicitude or diligence entrusted to me, doing and judging nothing with gentleness or zeal for justice. Among my other excesses, I had begun to be a destroyer and squanderer of churches, when I ought to have been their defender and uplifter, fearing neither the eyes of the divine majesty nor the acclamation of men. At length the goodness of God, crushing the pride of my stubborn mind, visited my iniquities with the rod of correction, and did not deny pardon to me once I was chastised. For, caught up on high and presented before the divine majesty seated among the choirs of the saints in the garb of a judge, I was gravely and firmly accused by the most holy patrons of the churches, for the ecclesiastical properties seized by me through rapine and consumed, especially by the most holy Mother of God, Mary, and by the receiver of souls, Saint Michael the archangel, and by the most blessed Peter and Paul, princes of the apostles. And when, weighed down by conscience, I did not dare to defend my pleasures, by the judgment of the presiding one I was condemned to punishment, and when I had long been beaten and worn down by savage torments, the aforesaid archangel came to my aid, with a flaming sword stretched out over me, wishing to exact vengeance from me for the goods usurped for himself and for the saints he had named, and on account of the outcry of the needy and the poor against me, whom I had assailed with the material sword, not judging right judgments.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":43,"ref":"p43","source":"Succurrit mihi tandem specialis meus patronus martir Dyonisius, pro me satisfaciens sancto Michaeli archangelo, qui precibus suis et instantis pene diligentiam, et penitentie mihi tempus obtinuit. Idem ipse quasi modum statuens penitentie, in hoc mihi spem plene posuit indulgentie, si ad honorem Dei et sanctorum predictorum, quos magis offenderam, domum divinis aptam servitiis construerem. Qua promissione letatus, lubens vovi dimissusque a supernis redii b.) Igitur sub certa spe indulgentie et remissionis peccatorum nostrorum, reddentes alacri studio votum quod fecimus, monasterium in honorem sancte Trinitatis ac sancte Marie perpetue virginis, in loco qui Hasela dicitur, in meo regno ac diecesi Argentinensi situm construxi, et honorabili Florentio, Dei amico, ac tunc ibidem in solitudine commorante, divini instinctu Spiritus a nobis impetrante, jam dictum monasterium sublimare, et regali munificentia ditare decrevimus. Donamus ergo predicto monasterio, et in perpetuum datum esse volumus, de rebus fisci nostri illic adjacentibus, quidquid ad nos spectat, tam in villis quam mancipiis, silvis, vineis, campis, pratis, pascuis, aquis, aquarumque decursibus, et omnia hec in usum monasterii antedicti et fratrum ibidem Deo servientium seu famulantium, sub canonicali tamen regula degentium, libera donatione redigimus.","english":"At last my special patron, the martyr Dionysius, came to my aid, making satisfaction on my behalf to the holy archangel Michael, who by his prayers obtained for me both diligence in the present matter and a time for repentance. The same saint, as it were setting a measure for my repentance, placed in me full hope of indulgence, if, to the honor of God and of the aforementioned saints whom I had more greatly offended, I would build a house fit for divine services. Rejoicing at this promise, I gladly made my vow, and, having been dismissed, I returned from the heavenly realms. Therefore, under the certain hope of indulgence and the remission of our sins, eagerly fulfilling the vow we had made, I built a monastery in honor of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Mary the ever-virgin, in the place called Hasela, situated in my kingdom and in the diocese of Strasbourg; and, with the honorable Florentius, a friend of God, then dwelling there in solitude, obtaining this by the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we decreed to raise up the said monastery and to enrich it with royal munificence. We therefore give to the aforementioned monastery, and wish it to be given in perpetuity, from the properties of our fisc adjacent there, whatever pertains to us, both in villas and in slaves, woods, vineyards, fields, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters; and all these we convey by free donation to the use of the aforesaid monastery and of the brothers serving or ministering to God there, living nonetheless under the canonical rule.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":44,"ref":"p44","source":"Tradimus etiam venerabili Dei cultori Florentio, sueque ecclesie, locum ac vallem terminorum Vosagi, quos scilicet pro solitudine seu eremo, nec non pro requie et exspectatione generalis resurrectionis, sibi suisque sequacibus fideliter elegit. Sed ne servitores divini cultus ibidem, videlicet et loco et ecclesia predictis, penuriam aliquam vel aliquem substantie paterentur defectum, regalem nostram habitationem bene ordinatam seu procuratam Kirckhaim cum suburbiis Marley, vallem Corone Virdenheim, villam Vege, castellum situm in monte juxta stratam Tabernensem, usque ad rivulum Mosellum, cum omnibus adjacentibus hubis, silvis, vineis, campis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumque decursibus, ipsis tradidimus. Locum autem ipsum, quem singulari amplectimur dilectione, nunc et deinceps ab omni servitutis oppressione liberum, sub regali volumus esse tuitione, ita videlicet ut nullus judex publicus, nullus ex judiciaria potestate, quidquam potestatis vel negotii in ipsis presumat, nec homines locorum antedictorum adstringere, vel ad causas audiendas, aut freda vel tributa solvenda, postremo nihil penitus ab eis audeat exigere. Ut autem hec nostra traditio, et juris et concesse dignitatis institutio stabilis et inconvulsa jugiter permaneat, chartam hanc inde conscriptam disposuimus, adjectione sigilli nostri appensioneque corroboratam signavimus.","english":"We also grant to Florentius, the venerable worshipper of God, and to his church, the place and valley of the boundaries of the Vosagus, which he has faithfully chosen for himself and his followers, namely for its solitude or wilderness, and also for rest and the expectation of the general resurrection. But lest the servants of divine worship there—that is, in the aforesaid place and church—suffer any want or any lack of substance, we have handed over to them our royal dwelling of Kirckhaim, well ordered or provided for, with its suburbs of Marley, the valley of Corone Virdenheim, the vill of Vege, the castle situated on the mountain beside the Tabernensian road, as far as the river Moselle, with all adjoining buildings, woods, vineyards, fields, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters. Moreover, that place itself, which we embrace with singular affection, we wish to be free now and henceforth from every oppression of servitude and to be under royal protection, namely so that no public judge, no one of judicial power, may presume any power or business in those places, nor constrain the men of the aforesaid places, or summon them to hear cases, or to pay freda or tributes; in short, let no one dare to exact anything at all from them. But so that this our grant and the establishment of right and conceded dignity may remain stable and unshaken forever, we have arranged this charter to be written concerning it, and we have marked it, strengthened by the addition and hanging of our seal.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":45,"ref":"p45","source":"(Datum quod fecimus, cum filiis nostris Clodoveo scilicet atque Sigeberto, in dicto Haselacensi monasterio, fratribus ibidem divino famulatui devote insistentibus. Huic traditioni interfuerunt Nanthildis, regina Francorum, nostra legitima, cum filia nostra Rathilde. Affluerunt etiam archiepiscopi, episcopi, abbates, prepositi, duces, marchiones, palatini, comites, et plerique principes regni nostri. Actum est hoc, anno ab Incarnatione Domini a sexingentesimo tredecimo, mense Aprilis, die sexta decima, in loco saepe nominato b.)\n\nXVI.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo ecclesia in Weissemburgo a se conditae dona confert et privilegia impertitur (ann. 633).\n\nDagobertus, divina favente clementia, Francorum rex, omnibus regni sui primatibus, imo cunctis fidem Christianam profitentibus, tam futuris quam praesentibus. Votum quo Deo vel sanctis ejus se quis obligaverit, sine macula reatus irritum fieri non poterit; et quanto major et dignior est is cui vovetur, eo ferietur graviori judicio voventis et non reddentis praesumptio. Debemus igitur et volumus nos quoque reddere quod vovimus Domino Deo terribili et ei qui aufert spiritus principum, terribili apud omnes reges terrae; qui qualiter in brachio suae virtutis, et nos terruerit, et qualiter percutiens et sanans, rursus nos visitaverit, omnibus, ad exemplum [M. B., exemplem] correctionis, notum fieri B. add.","english":"(Given as we have done, together with our sons, namely Clovis and Sigebert, in the said monastery of Haselach, to the brothers there devoutly devoted to the divine service. To this grant were present Nanthild, queen of the Franks, our lawful wife, together with our daughter Rathild. There were also present archbishops, bishops, abbots, provosts, dukes, marquises, palatine officials, counts, and very many leading men of our kingdom. This was done in the year from the Incarnation of the Lord six hundred and thirteenth, in the month of April, on the sixteenth day, in the place often named.)\n\nXVI.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he confers gifts and imparts privileges to the church at Weissemburg founded by him (year 633).\n\nDagobert, by the favouring clemency of God, king of the Franks, to all the leading men of his kingdom, indeed to all who profess the Christian faith, both future and present. A vow by which anyone has bound himself to God or to his saints cannot be made void without the stain of guilt; and by how much greater and worthier is he to whom the vow is made, by so much the heavier judgment will strike the presumption of him who vows and does not pay. We therefore ought and wish also to pay what we have vowed to the Lord God, terrible, and to him who takes away the spirit of princes, terrible among all the kings of the earth; who, inasmuch as he has terrified us by the arm of his power, and inasmuch as, striking and healing, he has again visited us, has willed that this be made known to all, as an example of correction.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":46,"ref":"p46","source":"dignum] duximus, praecipue ut quisque fidelis, audito nostro periculo, ab ecclesiarum Dei vastatione se contineat, et honorem congruum rebus Deo dicatis exhibeat. Primum ergo de divina super nos habita terribiliter examinatione, postea B., praeterea] de voto et voti nostri redditione breviter exponemus. Patre meo Lothario [M. B., Chlotario] felicis memoriae defuncto, patrii regni curam suscepi, sed vivendi ductus levitate, dominandique cupiditate distractus, regalis officii debitam neglexi, nihil exhibens commissis sollicitudinis vel diligentiae, nihil faciens vel judicans mansuetudinis aut zelo justitiae. Inter alios excessus meos, ecclesiarum Dei destructor et dissipator esse coeperam, quarum defensor et sublimator esse debueram, nec divinae majestatis oculos, nec hominum veritus acclamationem. Tandem Dei benignitas obstinatae mentis superbiam conterens, virga correptionis iniquitates meas visitavit, et castigato mihi veniam non negavit. Nam raptus in sublime, divinaeque majestati inter choros sanctorum in habitu judicantis sedenti praesentatus a sanctissimis ecclesiarum patronis, pro rebus ecclesiasticis per rapinam distractis a me et consumptis graviter et constanter sum accusatus, maxime a sanctissima Dei genitrice Maria et beatissimis Petro et Paulo apostolorum principibus.","english":"We have deemed it worthy, especially that each of the faithful, having heard of our peril, should restrain himself from the devastation of God's churches and show fitting honor to the things dedicated to God. First, therefore, concerning the terrible examination of us divinely held, and afterwards concerning the vow and the payment of our vow, we shall briefly set forth. When my father Lothar of blessed memory had died, I took up the care of the paternal kingdom, but led by levity of living and distracted by lust for domination, I neglected the due duty of the royal office, showing nothing of solicitude or diligence to those committed to me, doing or judging nothing of gentleness or zeal for justice. Among my other excesses, I had begun to be a destroyer and squanderer of God's churches, when I ought to have been their defender and uplifter, revering neither the eyes of the divine majesty nor the acclamation of men. At length the goodness of God, crushing the pride of my stubborn mind, visited my iniquities with the rod of correction, and did not deny pardon to me when chastised. For caught up on high and presented to the divine majesty sitting among the choirs of the saints in the likeness of a judge, I was gravely and steadfastly accused by the most holy patrons of the churches for the things of the Church carried off and consumed by me through plunder, especially by the most holy mother of God Mary and the most blessed Peter and Paul, princes of the apostles.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":47,"ref":"p47","source":"Cumque conscientia gravatus non auderem delicta defendere, ex arbitrio praesidentis, poenae sum addictus, diuque caeso et poenis atrocibus confecto, occurrit B., succurrit] mihi tandem specialis patronus meus martyr Dionysius; qui precibus suis instantis poenae dilationem mihi et poenitentiae tempus obtinuit. Idem ipse quasi modum statuens poenitentiae, in hoc mihi spem plenae posuit indulgentiae, si ad honorem Dei et sanctorum praedictorum quos magis offenderam, domum divinis aptam servitiis construerem. Qua promissione libens [M. B. add. laetatus] vovi, dimissusque a superis redii. Igitur sub certa spe remissionis et indulgentiae peccatorum nostrorum, reddentes alacri studio votum quod fecimus, ecclesiam in honorem sanctae Trinitatis et sanctae Mariae perpetuae virginis, et sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli, in loco qui dicitur Weissemburgo construximus, quam sublimare et regali munificentia ditare decrevimus. Donamus ergo ei, et in perpetuum datum esse volumus, de rebus fisci nostri illic adjacentibus, quicquid ad nos spectat, tam in villis quam mancipiis, sylvis. vineis, campis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumque decursibus, et omnia haec in usum fratrum ibidem sub monastica professione Deo servientium, libera traditione redigimus.","english":"And since, weighed down by conscience, I did not dare to defend my sins, I was sentenced to penance at the discretion of the presiding bishop, and after I had been long scourged and worn out by harsh punishments, my special patron the martyr Dionysius at last came to my aid and helped me; by his urgent prayers he obtained for me a postponement of the imminent punishment and time for repentance. He himself, as if setting a measure for my penance, placed in me the hope of full indulgence on this condition: that, to the honor of God and of the aforementioned saints whom I had especially offended, I should build a house suited for divine services. Rejoicing at this promise, I willingly made my vow, and being released from on high, I returned. Therefore, with a sure hope of remission and indulgence of our sins, eagerly fulfilling the vow we made, we built a church in honor of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Mary the Ever-Virgin and of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, in the place called Weissemburgo, which we have decreed to exalt and enrich with royal munificence. We therefore give to it, and will it to be given in perpetuity, from the properties of our fisc adjacent there, whatever pertains to us, both in estates and in slaves, woods, vineyards, fields, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters; and all these things we assign by free grant to the use of the brothers serving God there under the monastic profession.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":48,"ref":"p48","source":"Et ut hujus nostrae donationis auctoritas in omne tempus perseveret stabilis et firma, terminos et circumjacentium nomina locorum subnotare curavimus. Versus orientalem plagam extenditur marcha quam tradidimus, usque ad Marchenhofen [M. B., Morchenhevenum] et ad Aldenherden, et inde ad Geboldeswege, et inde subter vadum B., vatum] Lutrae [M. B., Lutere], et inde Buozdingeshorste [M. B., Buezdingershurst], et inde ad limitem qui stat in summitate vallis Invenesdal [M. B., Invensdal], et inde ducit ad meridianam plagam super Warspach, et inde ad Bodemlosestompha [M. B., Bodemelosemstamph], et inde ad Sebach, et inde ad Kirchdale [M. B., Kirchendale], et inde ad Ingoldeshare [M. B., Ingeldeshoche], et inde ad sylvosos montes usque ad Bedebur; ad occidentalem vero plagam usque ad Lautenbach [M. B., Lutenbach] et Bernbach [M. B., Berenbach], et inde ad Belebach B., Erlibach], et inde ad Gruneburnen [M. B., Grünenbrunnen], et inde ad Otterichescheyt [M. B., Otterichschritt]; ad septentrionalem plagam usque ad Eichenberg B., Eychenberc].","english":"And so that the authority of this our donation may remain stable and firm for all time, we have taken care to set down below the boundaries and the names of the surrounding places. Toward the eastern region the march which we have granted extends as far as Marchenhofen and to Aldenherden, and from there to Geboldeswege, and from there below the ford of Lutra, and from there to Buozdingeshorste, and from there to the boundary that stands on the summit of the valley of Invenesdal, and from there it leads toward the southern region over Warspach, and from there to Bodemlosestompha, and from there to Sebach, and from there to Kirchdale, and from there to Ingoldeshare, and from there to the wooded mountains as far as Bedebur; but toward the western region as far as Lautenbach and Bernbach, and from there to Belebach, and from there to Gruneburnen, and from there to Otterichescheyt; toward the northern region as far as Eichenberg.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":49,"ref":"p49","source":"Locum autem ipsum quem singulari dilectione amplectimur, nunc et deinceps ab omni servitutis oppressione liberum sub regali volumus esse tuitione, ita videlicet, quod B., ut] nullus publicus judex, nullus ex judiciaria potestate, quicquam potestatis vel negotii in ipsa marcha, sine patris monasterii licentia, exercere vel babere praesumat, nec homines ipsius loci constringere, vel ad causas audiendas aut freda aut B., vel] tribula solvenda, postremo nihil penitus ab eis audeat exigere.\n\n(Illud etiam pari decrevimus auctoritate, ut nullus pontificum Nemetensis civitatis, vel reliquorum episcoporum, aliquam dominandi ibidem vel quaslibet caussas agendi habeant facultatem, sed sub [M. B. deest sub] nostrae emunitatis defensione omnia illuc pertinentia pater monasterii cum fratribus suis libere et quiete possideant B., possideat]. Ad haec monelam a in se habentem imagines et litteras, expressamque similitudinem Nemetensis monetae, eidem loco concedimus; parique nostrae auctoritatis donatione ratum et firmum esse volumus, ut homines ejusdem ecclesiae per omnes fines regni nostri libere negotiis suis inserviant, ita videlicet ut nullis B., nulli] debitum telonei persolvant, et nullus judex seu quaelibet cujuscunque ordinis persona in hujus modi causa violentiam eis aliquam inferre presumant [M. B., praesumat].","english":"But that very place which we embrace with singular affection, we wish now and hereafter to be free from every oppression of servitude under royal protection, namely so that no public judge, no one from judicial power, may presume to exercise or hold any power or business in that march without the license of the father of the monastery, nor to constrain the men of that place, or to summon them to hear cases or to pay freda or tribute, and finally let him dare to exact nothing at all from them.\n\nWe have also decreed by equal authority that no one of the pontiffs of the city of Nemetum, nor of the remaining bishops, shall have any faculty of ruling there or of conducting any cases whatever, but under the defense of our immunity let the father of the monastery with his brothers freely and quietly possess all things pertaining there. To these things we grant to the same place a monela having on it images and letters and expressing the likeness of the coinage of Nemetum; and by the equal donation of our authority we wish it to be ratified and firm that the men of the same church throughout all the confines of our kingdom may freely attend to their business, namely so that they pay the debt of toll to no one, and no judge or any person of whatever order may presume to bring any violence upon them in a cause of this kind.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":50,"ref":"p50","source":"Fratribus autem B., aut] Ibidem Deo servientibus, ut eo devotius et tranquillius sacratae B., sanctae] conversationis ordinem custodiant, liberam inter se eligendi sibi abbatem donamus potestatem. Cui abbati, omnibusque sibi B., ei] succedentibus hoc speciale concedimus privilegium dignitatis, ut in ordinem et jus possit promovere ministerialium quemcunque de familia tali honore dignum judicaverit. Omnes etiam ministeriales ejusdem ecclesiae ex dono abbatis [M. B., ex dicto abbate] accipiant heneficium, solique abbati serviant, nec aliquam potestatem super eos advocatus exercere audeat, nisi forte ex aliqua inobedientia quasi ad B. deest ad] rebelles ipsos B., illos] ministeriales constringendos abbas advocatum invitet. Reliqua vero familia, legitimo loco et tempore, ter in anno pro justitia facienda, ad placitam advocati debet [M. B., debent] convenire, et in servitium advocati, si praesens est, singuli singulos denarios solvere, exceptis his qui sunt in emunitate [M. B., immunitate]. Quod si in B., ex] his placitis absens fuerit advocatus, nihil ei ex his denariis debetur, nisi in servitio [M. B., servitiis] regis esse probetur.","english":"But to the brothers serving God in that same place, we grant the free power of choosing an abbot for themselves from among their own number, so that they may guard the order of their sacred conversation more devotedly and tranquilly. And to that abbot, and to all who succeed him, we concede this special privilege of dignity: that he may promote into the order and right of ministerial officials anyone from the household whom he judges worthy of such honor. Moreover, all the ministerial officials of the same church shall receive their benefice from the gift of the abbot, and they shall serve the abbot alone, nor shall any advocate dare to exercise any power over them, unless perhaps, on account of some disobedience, the abbot summons the advocate to constrain those ministerial officials as rebels. But the rest of the household ought to assemble at the lawful place and time, three times a year, to do justice, at the plea of the advocate, and each one individually shall pay a single denarius in service to the advocate, if he is present, except for those who are within the immunity. But if the advocate is absent from these pleas, nothing is owed to him from these denarii, unless it is proven that they are in the service of the king.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":51,"ref":"p51","source":"Ut autem haec nostra traditio, et juris et concessae dignitatis institutio stabilis et inconvulsa jugiter permaneat, chartam hanc conscriptam, adjectione sigilli nostri roboratam signavimus. Datum quod fecimus in ipso monasterio mense Maii, die undecima, anno regni nostri vicesimo tertio, in Christi nomine feliciter. Amen).\n\nXVII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, de fundatione ecclesiae Crucis Sancti Audoeni (ann. 633).\n\nIn nomine sancte et individue Trinitatis c. Ego Dagobertus, Clotarii junioris Francorum regis filius, cum post mortem patris gloriosissimae atque excellentissime [Suppl. memoriae] Francorum, florerem in regno, et omnia circumquaque nostro subjugata silerent dominio, quadam Maii mensis die, una cum optimatibus et primis palatii in Cusiaco silva more.... [Sic in apog.] solito. Sed dum in capienda omnes unanimiter aestuaremus fera, et in persequendum singuli huc illucque discurrerent per saltus opaca, subito donnus Audoenus, archicapellanus noster, in quamdam gratam sed arctam incedit planitiem, in qua, nive inculpatam terrae crucis dominicae reperit effigiem; erat enim et ab heri et nudius tercius multa fuerat coeli serenitas, et sol effrenis curribus suo etiam claro lumine perlustrabat terras. Vidit, substitit, diriguit, et, retrogradis cursibus, ad nos usque festinans retulit. Properamus, ut dixerat.","english":"So that this our tradition and the establishment of a right and of the dignity granted may remain stable and unshaken continually, we have signed this written charter, strengthened by the addition of our seal. Given, which we did in that same monastery, in the month of May, on the eleventh day, in the twenty-third year of our reign, happily in the name of Christ. Amen.\n\nXVII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, concerning the foundation of the church of the Cross of Saint Ouen (year 633).\n\nIn the name of the holy and indivisible Trinity. I, Dagobert, son of Clothar the younger, king of the Franks, when after the death of my father, of most glorious and most excellent memory, I flourished in the kingdom among the Franks, and all things everywhere subdued beneath our dominion were silent, on a certain day of the month of May, together with the nobles and chief men of the palace, in the forest of Cusiacum, after the customary manner. But while we were all eagerly striving together to capture a wild beast, and each was running hither and thither through the shady glades in pursuit, suddenly lord Ouen, our archchaplain, came into a certain pleasant but narrow plain, in which he found the image of the Lord's cross, unsullied by snow upon the earth; for both yesterday and the day before there had been great serenity of sky, and the sun, unrestrained in its chariots, was illuminating the lands with its clear light as well. He saw, he stopped, he stood frozen, and, retracing his steps, hastening all the way to us, he reported it. We hurry, as he had said.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":52,"ref":"p52","source":"Nos etiam vidimus, miramur, magnum adeo fore prodigium confitemur. Ergo idem donnus Audoenus, ut erat prudentissimus, sciens eundem locum visitari et a Domino frequentari, nostris effusus genibus, ad edifficandum basilicam sibi dari petiit, quem ab Ysara fluvio econtra Gallis-Villa, cum magna saltus ambitione, et longe lateque circumjacentibus terris, usque ad Bellumvillare, et usque in ejusdem fluvii rippam, contra scilicet ripparii curtem, impetrare promeruit ubi in honore sancte Crucis ecclesiam fabricavit, villulam quoque congregavit; ipsam denique, nostra licentia et voluntate, sancto Medardo condonavit, ob amorem fratrum, cum quibus illic, ab ipsis infancie rudimentis, fuerat educatus et liberalibus studiis non mediocriter sed perfecte eruditus. Quam ipso obnoxius orante, ab omnium dominacione, advocatione, bannis, custumiis liberam fecimus. Et ut firmum permaneat, has in testimonium fieri litteras jussimus, et coram episcopis, comitibus, palatinis, nostro insignitas nomine, anuli nostri impressione firmavimus. Signum incliti regis Francorum Dagoberti. S. Flavii, Remor. archiepiscopi. S. Supplicii, Bituricensis archiepiscopi. S. Ambrosii, Gavalitane episcopi. S. Faronis, Meldensis episcopi. S. Amandi, Trejectensium episcopi. S. Eligii, Noviomensis episcopi. S. Lebunii, Carnotensis episcopi. S. Amalarii episcopi. S. Maurini episcopi. S. Erchenaldi majorisdomus a. S.","english":"We too have seen, and we marvel, and we confess that it will be so great a wonder. Therefore the same lord Audoenus, as he was most prudent, knowing that the same place was visited and frequented by the Lord, having cast himself at our knees, asked that it be granted to him to build a basilica, which from the river Ysara opposite Gallis-Villa, with a great extent of woodland and with lands lying round about far and wide, as far as Bellumvillare, and as far as the bank of the same river, namely opposite the court of the riparian, he deserved to obtain, where in honor of the Holy Cross he built a church and gathered a small estate; and at last, by our permission and will, he granted it to Saint Medard, for the love of the brothers with whom he had been raised there from the very first rudiments of infancy and had been instructed in the liberal arts not moderately but perfectly. At his suppliant prayer we made it free from the dominion, advocacy, bans, and customs of all. And so that it may remain firm, we have ordered these letters to be made as testimony, and in the presence of bishops, counts, and palatines, marked with our name, we have strengthened them with the impression of our ring. The sign of the renowned king of the Franks Dagobert. The sign of Flavius, archbishop of Reims. The sign of Supplicius, archbishop of Bourges. The sign of Ambrosius, bishop of Gavalitana. The sign of Faro, bishop of Meaux. The sign of Amandus, bishop of the Trejectenses. The sign of Eligius, bishop of Noyon. The sign of Lebunius, bishop of Chartres. The sign of Amalarius, bishop. The sign of Maurinus, bishop. The sign of Erchenald, mayor of the palace.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":53,"ref":"p53","source":"Beroaldi, optimatis palacii. S. Aygulfii comitis. S. Bertini militis. S. Verchemarii militis. S. Autharii militis. S. Radonis militis. Ego Audoenus cancellarius scripsi et subscripsi b.\n\nXVIII. Diploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo donat monasterio Sandionysiano castellum sancti Dionysii (ann. 633). Dagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster, Mummolo praefecto, Gondoeno, Werpeno, Dructoaldo, Auclino, Charimundo et Chariulpho comitibus, vel omnibus agentibus praesentibus et futuris. In his nos oportet praecipue invigilare, quae ad gloriam Dei et illius Ecclesiae honorem spectant; eaque ad bonum finem deducere, ut exinde salutem nostram adipisci mereamur. Cum igitur mansionem saepius in castello sancti Dionysii haberemus, ibique velut in nostro proprio residentes palatio, diebus festivis curiam nostram solemnem ageremus, et hoc esset impedimento fratribus monachis ibidem Deo famulantibus, placuit nostrae serenitati, ex consultu fidelium nostrorum, ob illo castello recedere, et deinceps eamdem curiam iisdem festivitatibus transferre, non longe tamen ab eodem castello, in nostro videlicet Clipiaco palatio, ut ecclesia patroni nostri magni Dionysii ab omni inquietudine intrepida permanente, nullus saecularis strepitus fratres impediat, quominus valeant jugiter pro nobis Domini misericordiam attentius deprecari.","english":"Of Beroaldus, an optimas of the palace. S. of Count Aygulfus. S. of Bertinus, a soldier. S. of Verchemarius, a soldier. S. of Autharius, a soldier. S. of Rado, a soldier. I, Audoenus the chancellor, wrote and subscribed.\n\nXVIII. The diploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to the monastery of Saint-Denis the castle of Saint-Denis (year 633). Dagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to Mummolus the prefect, to the counts Gundoen, Werpenus, Dructoaldus, Auclinus, Charimundus, and Chariulphus, and to all agents present and future. It is especially incumbent upon us to watch over those matters which look to the glory of God and the honor of his Church, and to bring them to a good end, so that we may thereby deserve to obtain our salvation. Since, therefore, we have quite often held our residence in the castle of Saint-Denis, and, residing there as if in our own palace, have held our solemn court on feast days, and this was an impediment to the brother monks serving God in that same place, it has pleased our Serenity, by the counsel of our faithful men, to withdraw from that castle, and henceforth to transfer that same court on those same feast days—not far, however, from the same castle—namely, to our palace of Clichy, so that the church of our patron, the great Dionysius, remaining untroubled by all disturbance, no worldly clamor may hinder the brothers from being able continually to implore the Lord's mercy more attentively on our behalf.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":54,"ref":"p54","source":"Sano ergo usi consilio, ex consensu archiepiscoporum, episcoporum, abbatum, et regni nostri magnatum et optimatum, statuimus atque ordinavimus, obtestantes per sanctam et individuam Trinitatem, et per adventum justi Judicis, ut ab hac die et deinceps, ob honorem Dei et reverentiam gloriosi protectoris et patroni nostri domni Dionysii, neque nos, neque successores nostri, in praefatis castello et sancto loco, ubi ipse, inquam, domnus Dionysius in corpore requiescit, et nos sepeliri optamus, mansionem ulterius ullo modo faciemus, nec curiam nostram solemnem celebrabimus aut tenebimus in solemnitatibus dierum Paschae, Pentecostes, Natalis et Theophaniae; sed sicut Constantinus Magnus, imperator semper augustus, ac sanctae Ecclesiae catholicae defensor tutissimus, sub quo viguit illa et mirum in modum excrevit, beato Petro arcem Romani imperii cum omni integritate obtulit, ac sancto Sylvestro contulit per sua legitima documenta, ita et nos nostra regali munificentia Deo atque beato Dionysio, speciali protectori nostro, concedimus imperpetuum et donamus hoc castellum cum omnibus adjacentiis et pertinentiis suis, absque ulla reclamatione; sed quidquid exinde fiscus noster sperare poterat ipso sancto loco, fratribus monachis ibidem Deo deservientibus, hoc decreto firmamus, eos per archiepiscopos et episcopos anathematis vinculo subjiciendos et percutiendos, qui aliquid contra","english":"Using sound counsel, therefore, with the consent of the archbishops, bishops, abbots, and the magnates and optimates of our kingdom, we have decreed and ordained, adjuring by the holy and indivisible Trinity and by the coming of the just Judge, that from this day and henceforth, for the honor of God and the reverence of our glorious protector and patron Lord Dionysius, neither we nor our successors shall in any way make a residence in the aforesaid castle and holy place where, I say, the same Lord Dionysius rests in body and where we desire to be buried, nor shall we celebrate or hold our solemn court on the solemnities of the days of Easter, Pentecost, Christmas, and Theophany; but just as Constantine the Great, emperor ever august and most safe defender of the holy catholic Church, under whom it flourished and wondrously increased, offered the citadel of the Roman empire with all integrity to blessed Peter and conferred it upon holy Sylvester by his legitimate documents, so too we, by our royal munificence, concede and grant in perpetuity to God and to blessed Dionysius, our special protector, this castle with all its adjacent lands and appurtenances, without any reclamation; but whatever our fisc could thereafter hope for from it, we confirm by this decree to that holy place and to the brother monks serving God there, decreeing that those who shall act against anything of this are to be subjected and struck by the bond of anathema through the archbishops and bishops.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":55,"ref":"p55","source":"nostram hanc auctoritatem et decretum nostrum attemptare praesumpserint. Quod ut perpetuum robur obtineat, manu nostra illud decrevimus roborare, et annuli nostri impressione subtersignari jussimus. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Dado referendarius obtulit. Datum Clipiaco palatio, anno undecimo regni nostri a, in Dei nomine feliciter. Amen.\n\nXIX.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo donat monasterio sancti Dionysii villam Vallem et villam Argenterias (ann. 634).\n\nIn nomine Domini Dei aeterni et salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi, Dagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Si locis sanctis et divino cultui mancipatis nostrae liberalitatis munificentiam impendimus, id nobis profecto ad praesentem vitam facilius transiendam, et ad futuram felicius obtinendam prodesse nullo modo dubitamus.","english":"our authority and our decree. And so that it may obtain perpetual strength, we have decreed to confirm it by our hand, and we have ordered it to be subscribed with the impression of our ring. King Dagobert subscribed. Dado the referendary presented it. Given at the palace of Clichy, in the eleventh year of our reign, happily in the name of God. Amen.\n\nXIX.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to the monastery of Saint Dionysius the estate of Valles and the estate of Argenterias (year 634).\n\nIn the name of the Lord, the eternal God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ, Dagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. If we bestow the munificence of our liberality upon holy places and those devoted to divine worship, we doubt in no way that this will assuredly profit us for passing more easily through the present life and for obtaining the future one more happily.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":56,"ref":"p56","source":"Noverit igitur omnium fidelium sanctae Dei Ecclesiae, nostrorumque tam praesentium quam et futurorum solertia, quoniam ob aeternam remunerationem concedimus sancto Dionysio martyrum egregio et fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus, villas quasdam juris nostri, quae sitae sunt in pago Biturico, scilicet villam que vocatur Vallis, quae sita est super fluvium Carum, ac villam quae vocatur Argenterias, sitam super Magneuria fluvium, cum omnibus appenditiis earum; unde hoc nostrae altitudinis praeceptum fieri, et praefato sancto Dionysio et fratribus ibidem Domino deservientibus dari jussimus, quatinus jam dictas villas perpetualiter teneant atque possideant absque ullius contradictione. Et ut hoc per omnia tempora inviolabiliter conservetur, manu propria praesentem nostram auctoritatem superfirmavimus, et annulo nostro insigniri jussimus. S. Dagoberti, gloriosissimi regis. S. Chludouvii, filii Dagoberti. S. Arnulli, Metensis episcopi. Data per manus Dadonis, regiae dignitatis cancellarii. Hoc actum est Parisius foeliciter in Dei nomine. Amen. Data IV Idus Aprilis, indictione XII, XIII c, regnante Dagoberto rege.","english":"Let the diligence of all the faithful of God's holy Church, both those present and those to come, therefore know that for eternal recompense we grant to Saint Dionysius, distinguished among the martyrs, and to the brothers serving God there, certain villas of our jurisdiction which are situated in the district of Bourges, namely the villa called Vallis, which is situated on the river Cher, and the villa called Argenterias, situated on the river Magneuria, with all their appurtenances; concerning which we have ordered this decree of our highness to be made and given to the aforesaid Saint Dionysius and the brothers serving the Lord there, so that they may hold and possess the said villas in perpetuity without any contradiction from anyone. And so that this may be inviolably preserved through all times, we have confirmed the present authority with our own hand, and we have ordered it to be distinguished with our ring. Sign of Dagobert, most glorious king. Sign of Chlodovius, son of Dagobert. Sign of Arnulf, bishop of Metz. Given by the hand of Dado, chancellor of the royal dignity. This was done at Paris auspiciously in the name of God. Amen. Given on the fourth day before the Ides of April, in the twelfth indiction, in the thirteenth year, with King Dagobert reigning.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":57,"ref":"p57","source":"XX.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo praedium Wallare in silva Fania confert Landelino, cum plurimis appenditiis, ad exstruendum ibi monasterium (ann. 634).\n\nIn nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti, amen. Regiae majestatis excellentiam latere non convenit, quod unus est, solus et sempiternus rex regum et Dominus dominantium, a quo etiam omnis potestas est, et fuit et erit in aevum, cujus et est totum quod sumus et esse possumus, vivimus et movemur, cui pro viribus ab eo nobis praestitis, astare debemus, et unicae sponsae suae sacrosanctae Ecclesiae cultum et decorem speciali devotione, quo magis efferimur quantum in nobis est, munificentia regali semper ampliare.","english":"XX.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he confers the estate of Wallare in the forest of Fania, with very many appurtenances, on Landelinus, to build a monastery there (year 634).\n\nIn the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. It does not befit the excellence of royal majesty to be ignorant of this: that there is one king of kings and Lord of lords, alone and eternal, from whom also all power is, and was, and shall be forever, to whom belongs all that we are and can be, we live and are moved, to whom, according to the strength he has granted us, we ought to stand ready, and always to enlarge with royal munificence, by special devotion, the worship and beauty of his only bride, the holy Church, the more we are raised up, as much as lies in us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":58,"ref":"p58","source":"Quare, ego Dagobertus, rex Austrasiorum, pro anima Lotharii piissimi regis, patris mei, qui quadraginta quinque annis regnavit in Francia, persuasione et monitis salutaribus viri venerabilis Authberti, Cameracensis episcopi, inductus, concedo et dono Landelino Mauroso, ex prae lone converso, praedium meum in Fania, Wallare dictum, cum villis, terris, sylvis, pratis, aquis aquarumque decursibus subnotatis, et certis limitibus assignatis, ut ibi monasterium construat in honore sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli, et personas instituat in perpetuum Domino Deo servituras: villam Baviam cum omni territorio suo, aquam ipsam et ipsius decursum, sicut defluit per territorium ipsum, incipiens a loco qui vocatur Railhiez, usque dum descendit in aquam Elpram; sylvam quae dicitur AEtimundi totam, cum omni territorio, decima, pasnagio, justitia et banno, a sylva de Baileporis, usque ad aquam praedictam inter Baviam et Wallare; et ab eadem aqua, totam sylvam, quae dicitur Brolium, et Fania, et Mansilium, et Clarus Voionus, et Wiellemanus; sylvam prope Wilheis, a monte Gomundi et Merdoso Voiono, usque in villam de Wilheis; sylvam Ducionis, in dotem ecclesiae in praedicto praedio meo fabricandae Quidquid infra terminos sylvarum praedictarum commodum vel utilitatem importare poterit qualicumque modo, praedicto Landelino munificentia mea dono in perpetuum possidendum, approbantibus palatii","english":"Wherefore I, Dagobert, king of the Austrasians, for the soul of the most pious king Lothar, my father, who reigned forty-five years in Francia, induced by the persuasion and salutary admonitions of the venerable man Authbert, bishop of Cambrai, grant and give to Landelinus Maurosus, converted from his former life, my estate in Fania called Wallare, with the villas, lands, woods, meadows, waters and courses of waters noted below, and assigned by fixed boundaries, so that he may build a monastery there in honor of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and establish persons to serve the Lord God in perpetuity: the villa of Bavia with its entire territory, that water itself and its course, as it flows through that territory, beginning from the place called Railhiez, until it descends into the water of the Elpra; the whole forest which is called AEtimundus, with its entire territory, tithe, pannage, justice and ban, from the forest of Baileporis up to the aforesaid water between Bavia and Wallare; and from that same water, the whole forest which is called Brolium, and Fania, and Mansilium, and Clarus Voionus, and Wiellemanus; the forest near Wilheis, from the mount of Gomundus and Merdosus Voionus, as far as the villa of Wilheis; the forest of Ducio, as a dowry for the church to be built on my aforesaid estate. Whatever advantage or utility it can bring within the boundaries of the aforesaid forests in any manner whatsoever, I give to the aforesaid Landelinus by my munificence to possess in perpetuity, with the approval of the palace","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":59,"ref":"p59","source":"mei principibus et senioribus, Arnulpho et Pipino. Ut autem haec nostra concessio regalis firmitatis perpetuae robur obtineat, praedictam paginam manu mea confirmo, et appositione sigilli mei communiri decerno. Signum domini Dagoberti, regis Austrasiorum. S. Arnulphi Metensis. S. Pipini Neustriensis, seniorum palatii. Anso cancellarius, vice Cuniberti archicancellarii, recognovi. Data Cameraci, XVI Kalendas Maii, anno dominicae Incarnationis sexcentesimo quadragesimo a, indictione decima tertia.\n\nXXI. Diploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo villam Sarclidas donat pauperibus matriculariis sancti Dionysii (ann. 635).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster, Wandelberto duci. Quicquid ad alendos pauperes plena devotione conferimus, retributionem mercedis ob hoc in futurum habere confidimus.","english":"of my princes and elders, Arnulf and Pippin. But so that this our royal concession may obtain the strength of perpetual firmness, I confirm the aforesaid document with my own hand, and I decree that it be secured by the affixing of my seal. The sign of lord Dagobert, king of the Austrasians. The sign of Arnulf of Metz. The sign of Pippin of Neustria, elder of the palace. I, Anso the chancellor, in the place of Cunibert the archchancellor, have acknowledged it. Given at Cambrai, on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of May, in the six hundred and fortieth year of the Lord's Incarnation, in the thirteenth indiction.\n\nXXI. Diploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants the estate of Sarclidas to the poor registered of Saint-Denis (year 635).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to Wandelbert the duke. Whatever we confer with full devotion for the feeding of the poor, we trust that we shall have the recompense of reward for this in the future.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":60,"ref":"p60","source":"Igitur cognoscat industria vestra nos villam noncupante Sarclidas [Editi habent Sarclitas], super fluvium Joina sitam, in pago Stampinse, quam de domno Ferreolo, Augustidunensis urbis episcopo, vel a Deodato abbate, seu clericorum et ecclesia vel basilica domni Symphoriani, ubi deservire noscuntur, contra alia villa, Amica nomine, quae est in territorio Massiliensi, commutavimus, pro mercedis nostrae compendium ipsas Sarclidas cum omni integritate vel merito suo, ad matricularios domni Dionysii martyris, ubi ipse preciosus domnus in corpore requiescit, qui ad ipsa basilica, vel infra ejus atrio ad matriculas residere videntur, unde quod juxta eisdem in reliquo ampliare voluerit ad eorum. substantiam, hoc plena devotione concessimus. Praecipientes ergo ut a praesente die suprascripta curte Sarclidas, cum domibus, mancipiis, vineis, silvis, pratis, pascuis, farinariis, gregibus cum pastoribus, adjacentiis, vel omni integritate et termino suo, sicut ab antedicta sancta ecclesia Augustidunensi, vel domni Symphoriani, fuit cum omni soliditate possessum, dum hoc nos, ut diximus, data alia villa, communi convenientia commutavimus, possideant.","english":"Therefore let your diligence know that we have exchanged the estate called Sarclidas, situated on the river Joina, in the district of Stampinse, which we exchanged with the lord Ferreolus, bishop of the city of Augustidunum, and with the abbot Deodatus, and with the clerics and the church or basilica of the lord Symphorianus, where they are known to serve, for another estate named Amica, which is in the territory of Massilia, for the benefit of our reward—these same Sarclidas, with all integrity and with their due, to the matricularii of the lord Dionysius the martyr, where that precious lord rests in body, who are seen to reside at that same basilica or within its atrium at the matriculae, and whatever he wishes further to increase for them according to these things, to their substance, this we have granted with full devotion. Commanding therefore that from the present day the aforesaid court of Sarclidas, with houses, slaves, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures, mills, herds with herdsmen, appurtenances, and with all integrity and its boundary, just as it was possessed with all solidity by the aforesaid holy church of Augustidunum and of the lord Symphorianus, since we, as we have said, have exchanged it by common agreement, given the other estate, they shall possess.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":61,"ref":"p61","source":"Ideo quod ex nostra largitate, pro animae nostrae salute, ad ipsos matricularios domni Dionysii, absque introitu judicum, fuit perenniter, Deo propitiante, concessum, nec abba, nec alia quaelibet persona, rem ipsam de donatione ipsorum matriculariorum quoquo tempore non praesumat auferre, sed per manum abbatis eorum, in quo est ipsorum pauperum victus assidualis, exinde in Dei nomine ministretur, et quicquid de freciis, aut de reliquiis, exinde fiscus augmentare potuerat, ad ipsos pauperes proficiat iu augmentis, unde ipsis, vel qui eis successerint, delectet pro regni nostri stabilitate, vel animae nostrae salute crebrius exorare. Et ut haec praeceptio inconvulsis temporibus debeat perdurare, propria manu decrevimus roborare. Ursinus obtulit. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Datum sub die decima quinta Kal. Augustas, anno decimo quarto regni nostri, Clipiaco, feliciter. Amen.","english":"Therefore, because from our generosity, for the salvation of our soul, it was granted forever, with God's favor, to the matricularii themselves of the lord Dionysius, without the intervention of judges, let neither the abbot nor any other person whatsoever presume at any time to take away that property from the donation of those matricularii, but through the hand of their abbot, in whom lies their poor's continual sustenance, let it thence be administered in the name of God, and whatever from the revenues, or from the relics, the fisc could have increased therefrom, let it profit those poor for their increase, so that it may delight them, or those who succeed them, to pray more frequently for the stability of our kingdom and the salvation of our soul. And so that this precept may endure through unshaken times, we have decreed to strengthen it with our own hand. Ursinus presented it. King Dagobert subscribed. Given on the fifteenth day before the Kalends of August, in the fourteenth year of our reign, at Clichy, happily. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":62,"ref":"p62","source":"XXII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo villam Aquaputam donat monasterio sancti Dionysii (ann. 635).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Homo semper et incolumis etiam, et ac si aegritudine positus, pro salute animae suae attentius debet vigilare, ut in futurum valeat mercedem conquirere. Igitur nos, pro Dei intuitu vel remedio animae nostrae, donamus ad monasterium sancti Dionysii, ubi ipse preciosus domnus in corpore requiescit, et ubi nos sepeliri cupimus, donatumque in perpetuum esse volumus, villam nostram, quae vocatur Aquaputa, sitam in pago Parisiaco, cum omni jure ut soliditate sua. Quapropter per praesentem cessionem decernimus, quod perpetualiter, Domino protegente, mansurum esse volamus, ut ipsa villa cum omni integritate vel adjacentiis suis, per praesentem auctori tatem, jure firmissimo, perveniat ad praedictum monasterium, vel Dodone e abbate, qui ibidem rector praeesse videtur, ita ut in postmodum cum terris, domibus, mancipiis, vineis, silvis, campis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumve decursibus, gregis cum pastoribus, adjacentiis, appendiciis, vel reliquis quibuscumque beneficiis, sicut usque hactenus a fisco nostro fuit possessa, ita ex nostra indulgentia, pro animae nostrae salute, vel stabilitate filiorum nostrorum, ad ipsum sanctum locum, vel ad ipsos fratres qui ibidem Deo deserviunt, nostris et futuris temporibus, proficiat in augmentis.","english":"XXII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants the estate of Aquaputa to the monastery of Saint Dionysius (year 635).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. A man ought always to be watchful, both while safe and sound and even as if laid low by sickness, for the salvation of his soul, so that he may be able to gain reward in the future. Therefore we, out of regard for God and for the remedy of our soul, grant to the monastery of Saint Dionysius, where that precious lord himself rests in the body, and where we desire to be buried, and we will that it be granted in perpetuity, our estate which is called Aquaputa, situated in the district of Paris, with all its right and solidity. Wherefore by the present cession we decree that, with the Lord protecting, it shall remain perpetually, so that this same estate, with all its integrity and its appurtenances, through the present authority, by the firmest right, may come to the aforesaid monastery, and to Abbot Dodo, who is seen to preside there as ruler, so that hereafter, with its lands, houses, slaves, vineyards, woods, fields, meadows, pastures, waters and courses of waters, herds with herdsmen, appurtenances, appendages, and whatever other benefits, just as it has been possessed by our fisc up to this time, so by our indulgence, for the salvation of our soul and the stability of our sons, it may profit the same holy place and the same brothers who serve God there, in our times and in future times, in increase.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":63,"ref":"p63","source":"Et ut haec cessio firmior habeatur, vel diuturnis temporibus cum successoribus nostris illaesa conservetur, nos eam, prout potuimus, subterfirmavimus, vel de annulo nostro sigillari jussimus. Ursinus obtulit, Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Datum sub die Kalend. Augustas, anno decimo quarto regni nostri, Clipiaco a, feliciter. Amen.\n\nXXIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, de fundatione monasterii Resbacensis, et concessis ipsi immunitatibus (ann. 635).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir inluster, apostolicis Patribus nostris domnis episcopis et illustribus viris, ducibus, itemque magnifico Chanulfo comiti, vel omnibus agentibus, tam praesentibus quam et futuris temporibus ubique in Dei nomine in regno nostro constitutis. Oportet clementia principali inter ceteras petitiones, illud quod pro salute adscribitur, vel pro timore divini nominis postulatur, placabili auditu suscipere, et procul dubio ad effectum perducere; ut fiat in mercede commutatio, cum pro quiete servorum Dei congrua impertitur petitio; quia fides perfecta non dubitat ad altissimi gratiam pertinere, si aliquid secundum suum eloquium praecipue domesticis fidei mente devota impenditur, quia scriptum est: Beati pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum. Ergo dum illustris vir Dado, referendarius noster, ejusque germani Ado et Rado c.","english":"And so that this cession may be held more firmly, and preserved unharmed through long ages with our successors, we have, as far as we could, confirmed it below, and ordered it to be sealed with our ring. Ursinus presented it; Dagobert the king subscribed. Given on the day of the Kalends of August, in the fourteenth year of our reign, at Clipiacum, happily. Amen.\n\nXXIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, concerning the foundation of the monastery of Resbacum, and the immunities granted to it (year 635).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to the apostolic Fathers, our lords the bishops, and to the illustrious men, the dukes, and likewise to the magnificent Count Chanulf, and to all agents, both present and to be appointed in future times everywhere in the name of God within our kingdom. It behooves the princely clemency, among other petitions, to receive with a placable hearing that which is ascribed for salvation, or requested out of fear of the divine name, and without doubt to bring it to effect; so that a recompense may be made, when a fitting petition is granted for the peace of the servants of God; because perfect faith does not doubt that it pertains to the grace of the Most High, if something according to His word is bestowed, especially on those who are of the household of the faith, with a devoted mind, since it is written: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, when the illustrious man Dado, our referendary, and his brothers Ado and Rado...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":64,"ref":"p64","source":"monasterium Jerusalem in honore sancti Petri el Pauli et sancti Antonii, quod vulgo appellatur Resbacis, in Meldensi territorio situm, ad monachos vel peregrinos inhabitandum, ac in Dei nomine solitaria vita fruendum, quod ex nostra etiam largitate meruerunt, devoti, Deo juvante, construxerunt, ideo nos juxta eorum petitionem, pro quiete servorum Dei, praeceptionem vigoris nostri placuit propalare, per quam dum super fiscum nostrum, quod pro remedio animae nostrae indulsimus, videtur esse constructum atque ex parte ditatum, sub quiete tranquillitatis, Domino protegente, ipsi monachi juxta religionis normam perpetim valeant residere, eligimus ut haec series debeat. plenius declarare, quia nihil de canonica auctoritate convellitur, si aliquid, ut diximus, domesticis fidei pro tranquillitate pacis conceditur, nec nobis aliquis detrahendo aestimet in id nova decernere, dum ab antiquis, juxta constitutiones pontificum, per regalem sanctionem, monasteria sanctorum Agaunensium e, Lirinensium, Luxoviensium, immoque et monachi domni Marcelli f, sub libertatis privilegio videntur consistere.","english":"The monastery of Jerusalem, in honor of Saint Peter and Paul and Saint Anthony, which is commonly called Resbacis, situated in the territory of Meaux, to be inhabited by monks or pilgrims and, in the name of God, to enjoy a solitary life—which they have merited also from our generosity—the devoted men, with God's help, have built. Therefore, in accordance with their petition, for the peace of the servants of God, it has pleased us to bring forth a precept of our authority, by which, since it is seen to have been built and in part endowed upon our fisc, which we have granted for the remedy of our soul, the monks themselves may, under the protection of the Lord, be able to reside perpetually in the quiet of tranquility according to the rule of religion. We choose that this document should declare this more fully, because nothing is undermined from canonical authority if something, as we have said, is granted to those of the household of the faith for the tranquility of peace; nor should anyone estimate by disparaging us that we decree new things in this matter, since from ancient times, according to the constitutions of the pontiffs, through royal sanction, the monasteries of the saints of Agaunum, of Lérins, of Luxeuil, and indeed also the monks of lord Marcellus, are seen to stand under the privilege of liberty.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":65,"ref":"p65","source":"Ergo si qua inibi in villis, mancipiis, vel reliquis quibuscumque rebus atque pecoribus, aut regio munere, aut suprascriptorum virorum, vel cujuslibet est delegatum, aut deinceps fuerit additum, dum super nostra est, ut diximus, largitate constructum, nullas episcoporum, nec praesentes, nec qui fuerint successores, aut eorum ordinatores, vel quaelibet persona, possit quoquo ordine de loco ipso auferre, aut aliquam potestatem sibi in ipso monasterio adoptare, vel aliquid quasi per commutationis titulum minuere, aut de mysterii ornamentis, vel de oblatione in altario illata abstollere, nec ad ipsum monasterium vel cellulas ejus nisi pro lucranda oratione, et episcopus, nisi fuerit cum voluntate ipsius abbatis, vel suae congregationis, absque gravi dispendio eorum accedere praesumat, quo facilius liceat monachis ipsius in Dei nomine regulariter consistentibus, rectam delegationem sub quiete per tempora possidere; et cum abbas ille fuerit de saeculo evocatus, quem ex semetipsis ipsa congregatio elegerit sibi, secundum sanctam regulam seniorem instituat per omnia et ex omnibus, secundum delegationis votum vel hujus seriem auctoritatis suffultum, cui absque ulla inquietudine ibidem cuncta proficiant in augmentum.","english":"Therefore, if any villas, slaves, or any other possessions and cattle there, whether granted by royal gift, by the aforesaid men, or by anyone else, or added afterward, while it is, as we have said, built upon our generosity, no bishop—neither present nor future successors—nor their appointees, nor any person whatsoever, may by any means remove them from that place, or claim any authority for himself in that monastery, or diminish anything as if under the pretext of exchange, or take away any of the ornaments of the sacred mysteries or of the offering brought to the altar; nor may anyone presume to enter that monastery or its cells except for the sake of gaining prayer, and a bishop only with the will of the abbot himself or of his congregation and without grave loss to them, so that it may more easily be permitted to the monks of that place, living regularly in the name of God, to possess their rightful grant in peace throughout the times; and when that abbot has been called from this world, the congregation itself shall appoint as its senior from among themselves, according to the holy rule, one who is in all things and from all things supported by the grant and the tenor of this authority, for whom all things there shall prosper without any disturbance, unto increase.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":66,"ref":"p66","source":"Adjicientes ut nulli penitus judicum, vel cuilibet hominum, licentia sit de rebus praefati monasterii, absque servorum Dei voluntate, aliquid defraudare, aut temerario spiritu quidquam exinde suis usibus (deputare), ne, quod primitus est, divinam incurrat et nostram offensam..... (Sic in Editis) a fisco grave damnum sustineat..... (Sic in Editis) et etiam nobis pro integra mercede nostra, vel suprascriptorum virorum pensantes merita placuit addendum, ut tam quae ex nostra largitate, quam quae ex delegatione ipsorum Dadonis vel germanorum suorum, seu genitorum eorum vel quorumlibet, ibidem est aut fuerit devoluta possessio quoquo tempore, nulla publica judiciaria potestas, naec praesens nec succidua ad causas audiendum aut aliquid exactandum ibidem non praesumat ingredi; sed sub omni emunitate hoc ipsum monasterium vel congregatio sua sibimet omnes fredos concessos debeat possidere, vel quidquid exinde fiscus forsitan de eorum hominibus aut de ingenuis aut de servientibus aut in eorum agris commanentibus vel undecunque poterat sperare, ex indulgentia nostra in luminaribus ipsius sancti loci vel stipendia servorum Dei, tam nobis in Dei nomine viventibus, quam per tempora succedentibus, pro mercedis compendio debeant cuncta proficere, ut pro aeterna salute vel felicitate perenni, seu regni constantia, delectet ipsis monachis immensam Dei pietatem jugiter implorare.","english":"Adding that no judge at all, or any man whatsoever, shall have license to defraud anything from the property of the aforesaid monastery without the will of the servants of God, or to rashly assign anything therefrom to their own uses, lest—which is foremost—he incur divine offense and ours, and sustain grave loss from the fisc; and also, for our full reward and in consideration of the merits of the aforesaid men, it has pleased us to add that both what has come there from our generosity and what has been devolved at any time from the delegation of Dadon himself or his brothers, or of their parents or of anyone at all, no public judicial power, neither present nor succeeding, shall presume to enter there for hearing cases or exacting anything; but under all immunity this same monastery or its congregation ought to possess for itself all the fredos granted, or whatever the fisc might perhaps hope for from their men, whether freeborn or serving, or those dwelling in their fields, or from anywhere whatever, by our indulgence, for the lights of that holy place or the stipends of the servants of God, both for us living in the name of God and for those succeeding through the ages, all things ought to profit for the gain of reward, so that for eternal salvation and perpetual felicity, or the stability of the kingdom, it may delight those monks continually to implore the immense mercy of God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":67,"ref":"p67","source":"Quod praeceptum decreti nostri, Christo in omnibus suffragante, ut firmius habeatur, subscriptionem manus nostrae infra studuimus perarari. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Dado obtulit. Datum sub die Kalendarum Octobris, XIV regni ejus a.\n\nXXIV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, Francorum regis, quo donat monachis Sancti Dionysii villas Tauriacum, Tibernionem, Rubridum, Monarvillam, et Vasconis Vallem (ann. 635). Dagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Obtabile esse oportet, dum in hac caduca vita consistimus, de transituriis rebus pro mercede eterna loca [Chartul. reg. loco] sanctorum sublevare ad alimoniam et sustentationem servorum Dei, quatenus de caducis rebus mercemur eterna. Igitur nos hoc considerantes, donamus villas juris nostri, id est, Tauryacura, Tybernionem et Rubridum, in pago Aurelianersi sitas, sed et Monarvillam [deest et Monarvillam in Chartul, regio], et Wasconisvallem in pago Stampinse, fratribus monachis deservientibus ad basilicam domini Dyonisii, peculiaris patroni nostri ubi praesse videtur abba Aigulphus, et nos sepeliri optamus, in alimoniam specialiter eorum in perpetuum administrandam. Has praedictas villas, cum omnibus justitiis et dominiis [hae tres voces des.","english":"That this decree of our decree, with Christ aiding in all things, may be held more firmly, we have taken care that the subscription of our hand be inscribed below. King Dagobert subscribed. Dado presented it. Given on the day of the Kalends of October, in the fourteenth year of his reign.\n\nXXIV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to the monks of Saint Dionysius the estates of Tauriacum, Tibernionem, Rubridum, Monarvilla, and the Valley of Vasco (year 635). Dagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. It is fitting that, while we remain in this transitory life, we should relieve the places of the saints from transitory things for eternal reward, for the food and support of the servants of God, so that from transitory things we may purchase eternal ones. Therefore, we, considering this, grant the estates of our right, that is, Tauryacura, Tybernionem, and Rubridum, situated in the district of Orleans, and also Monarvilla, and Wasconisvallem in the district of Étampes, to the brother monks serving at the basilica of the lord Dionysius, our particular patron, where Abbot Aigulphus is seen to preside, and where we desire to be buried, to be administered especially for their food in perpetuity. These aforesaid estates, with all jurisdictions and domains","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":68,"ref":"p68","source":"in Chart.], terris, domibus, mancipiis, vineis, silvis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumve decursibus, vel omnibus adjacentiis, praedicto sancto loco et monachis ibidem Deo servientibus nostra munificentia, speciali donatione in alimoniam concedimus, quatinus ipsi de praedictis villis utentes, pro nobis et prole nostra, cotidiana oratione Deum exorent, ut ille sua nos misericordia protegat, pro cujus amore hec eis contulimus. Et ut hec donatio nostre auctoritatis per succedentia tempora inviolabilem obtineat firmitatem, manus nostrae subscriptione, annuli nostri impressione eam subter decrevimus roborare. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Dado obtulit. Datum in mense Octobri, anno octavo regni nostri, in Dei nomine, Clipiaco palatio e, feliciter. Amen.\n\nXXV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo Molliacum donat monachis sancti Dionysii (ann. 635).","english":"in lands, houses, slaves, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters, or all appurtenances, to the aforesaid holy place and to the monks serving God there, by our munificence and by a special donation, we grant for their sustenance, so that they, using the aforesaid estates, may entreat God in daily prayer for us and for our offspring, that He may protect us by His mercy, for love of whom we have bestowed these things upon them. And that this donation of our authority may obtain inviolable firmness through succeeding times, we have decreed below to strengthen it by the subscription of our hand and the impression of our ring. King Dagobert subscribed. Dado presented it. Given in the month of October, in the eighth year of our reign, in the name of God, at the palace of Clichy, happily. Amen.\n\nXXV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants Molliacum to the monks of Saint-Denis (year 635).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":69,"ref":"p69","source":"Dagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Obtabilem esse oportet dum in hac caduca vita consistimus, de transitoriis rebus pro mercede aeterna loca sanctorum sublevare, ad alimoniam et sustentationem servorum Dei, quatinus de caducis rebus mercemur aeterna. Igitur nos haec considerantes, donamus villam juris nostri que vocatur Malliacus, in pago Bituriaco sitam, a Caro fluvio duobus milibus distans, fratribus monachis deservientibus ad basilicam domni Dionysii martyris, peculiaris patroni nostri, ubi praesse videtur Aigulphus abba, et nos sepeliri optamus, in alimoniam specialiter eorum in perpetuum administrandam. Igitur praedictam villam cum terris, dominiis, mancipiis, servis et ancillis, sylvis, pratis, pascuis aquis, aquarumve decursibus, vel omnibus adjacentiis, praedicto sancto loco et monachis ibidem servientibus, nostra munificentia, speciali donatione, in alimoniam concedimus; quatinus ipsis bonis de praedicta villa utentes, pro nobis et prole nostra, cotidiana oratione Deum exorent, ut ille sua nos misericordia protegat, pro cujus amore haec eis contulimus. Et ut haec donatio nostrae auctoritatis per succedentia tempora inviolabiliter obtineat firmitatem, manus nostrae subscriptione eam subter decrevimus roborare. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Dado cancellarius obtulit. Signum Arnulfi, Metensis episcopi. S. Eligii, Noviomensis episcopi. S.","english":"Dagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. It is fitting that while we abide in this fleeting life, we should relieve the places of the saints from transitory things for eternal reward, for the nourishment and support of the servants of God, so that from fleeting things we may earn eternal things. Therefore, we, considering these matters, give the estate of our jurisdiction which is called Malliacus, situated in the district of Bituricus, two miles distant from the river Carus, to the brother monks serving at the basilica of the lord Dionysius the martyr, our particular patron, where Aigulphus the abbot appears to preside, and where we desire to be buried, to be administered especially for their nourishment in perpetuity. Therefore the aforesaid estate, with lands, domains, slaves, male and female servants, woods, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters, or all appurtenances, to the aforesaid holy place and to the monks serving there, by our munificence, by a special donation, we grant for their nourishment; so that using these goods from the aforesaid estate, they may entreat God in daily prayer for us and for our offspring, that he may protect us by his mercy, for whose love we have bestowed these things upon them. And so that this donation of our authority may obtain inviolable firmness through succeeding times, we have decreed below to strengthen it by the subscription of our hand. King Dagobert subscribed. Dado the chancellor presented it. The sign of Arnulf, bishop of Metz. The sign of Eligius, bishop of Noviomensis. The sign.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":70,"ref":"p70","source":"Aygulfi, abbatis monasterii domni Dionysii. Datum in mense Octobri, anno quarto decimo regni nostri. Actum, in Dei nomine, Clipiaco palatio, feliciter, amen.\n\nXXVI. Fragmentum testamenti Dagoberti I, regis Francorum (ann. 635).\n\nIn nomine Trinitatis Domini Dei omnipotentis. Apostolicis Patribus, pontificibus videlicet ac abbatibus, vel reliquis sacerdotibus in regnum nostrum consistentibus, Dagobertus, rex Francorum. Quantum intellectualis sensus humani potest mente sagaci pensare atque solerti indagatione perpendere, nichil amplius valet in hujus seculi luce ac fugitiva gaudia lucrari, quam quod de rebus transitoriis locis venerabilibus quis studeat in alimonia pauperum impendere; quatinus qui fragilitatem nature generaliter patiuntur, priusquam subitanea transpositio eveniat, pro salute anime invigilent, ut non inveniatur quisquam imparatus, vel sine aliquo respectu discedat e seculo. Quin potius dum proprie libertatis jure subsistit ex caducis substantiis in eterna tabernacula vitam studeat mercare perpetuam, ut inter justorum consortio desiderabilem valeat adipisci locum, etc.","english":"Of Aygulf, abbot of the monastery of the lord Dionysius. Given in the month of October, in the fourteenth year of our reign. Done, in the name of God, at the palace of Clichy, happily, amen.\n\nXXVI. Fragment of the testament of Dagobert I, king of the Franks (year 635).\n\nIn the name of the Trinity of the Lord God omnipotent. To the apostolic Fathers, that is, the bishops and abbots, and the remaining priests dwelling in our kingdom, Dagobert, king of the Franks. As far as the intellectual sense of man can ponder with a sagacious mind and weigh by diligent investigation, nothing more is able to be gained in the light of this world and in fleeting joys than that one should strive to spend from transitory things upon the venerable places for the nourishment of the poor; so that those who generally suffer the frailty of nature, before a sudden removal befalls them, may keep watch for the salvation of the soul, lest anyone be found unprepared, or depart from the world without any regard. Rather, while he subsists by the right of his own liberty, let him strive from his perishable substance to purchase eternal life for everlasting tabernacles, so that he may be able to attain the desirable place among the company of the just, etc.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":71,"ref":"p71","source":"[Itemque post pauca:] Itaque nobis sana mente sanoque consilio placuit, et, ut diximus, devotio divina nos ammonuit, ut pro salute nostra vel pro eterna retributione, conscribendum preciperemus testamentum, et pro immutabili benefitio quattuor uno tenore firmavimus, et quicquid ubique per loca sanctorum contulimus, inibi-simili annotatione contexuimus: ex quibus unum Lugduno Gallie direximus, aliud vero Parisius in archivis ecclesie commendavimus. [Ut supra dictum est a. Deinde subjungitur:] Donamus igitur ad basilicam domni Vencentii Parisius, ubi sepulturam quandoquidem Deus jusserit, habere disponimus, donatumque in perpetuo esse decernimus, villam cognominatam Cumbis villam b, in pago Parisiaco, quem Ursa, filia Alderici, tenuit. Pari modo ad basilicam beati Petri apostoli Parisius, ubi sancta Genovefa requiescit in corpore, villam Dravernum in Brigeio. (Ad basilicam vero domni Dionysii item Parisius, ubi cum sociis suis requiescit, villam Braunate in Brigeio.) Ad basilicam domne Columbe, vel domni Lupi Senonis, villam Grande Campum in Gastinenense, etc. [Quae ibi plura continentur. Ad ultimum vero intulit:] Vos autem, boni filii, considerantes primum nature religionem, cujus gratia et bestias ligat, manete fratres, nolite exuere quo onerati estis.","english":"Likewise, after a few words: And so it pleased us, of sound mind and sound counsel, and, as we have said, divine devotion admonished us, that for our salvation or for eternal recompense we should order a testament to be written out, and for an unchangeable benefit we confirmed four in one tenor, and whatever we conferred everywhere throughout the places of the saints, we wove together there in like annotation: of which we sent one to Lyon of Gaul, and another we entrusted to the archives of the church at Paris. As has been said above. Then there is added: We give, therefore, to the basilica of the lord Vincent at Paris, where we intend to have our burial whenever God shall command, and we decree that it be given in perpetuity, the estate called Cumbis villa, in the district of Paris, which Ursa, daughter of Alderic, held. In like manner to the basilica of the blessed apostle Peter at Paris, where saint Genovefa rests in body, the estate Dravernum in Brie. (But to the basilica of the lord Dionysius likewise at Paris, where he rests with his companions, the estate Braunate in Brie.) To the basilica of the lady Columba, or of the lord Lupus of Sens, the estate Grande Campum in Gastinois, etc. [which are contained there in greater number. But at the last he added:] But you, good sons, considering first the religion of nature, by whose grace it binds even beasts, remain brothers, do not put off that with which you have been burdened.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":72,"ref":"p72","source":"Deinde reverimini me Patrem vestrum, qui rogare malo, cum possim jubere, ut statuta nostra inconvulsa servetis, sicuti vestra a successoribus vestris servari mavultis, profecto scientes quod si a nobis sancita contemptui habueritis, quod non arbitror, pari modo et vestra a posteris contempnentur decreta e.\n\nXXVII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo plurima dona in Lemovicensi et Bituricensi confinio Sancti Dionysii monasterio confert (ann. 636).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Cum certis et cotidianis manifestetur indiciis esse verum quod omnium materies et conditio nascentium tempore momentaneo revertatur in nichilum, nostrarum salus poscit animarum quatinus quisque quem primi hominis negligentia exulem facit et peregrinum, cotidie totius vitae suae discutiat modum, ac deinde sors extrema cum nondum vitalem rapuerit spiritum, pro meritis locum obtinere se illuc exerceat, unde prius ruit, et ubi post transitum ejus anima ductu angelico est reditura. Eapropter, ego Dagobertus, Francorum rex, a Deo coronatus, cui summi regis permissione, praedecessorum necne nostrorum concessione, Francia obsecundat et famulatur, de salute animae nune tractando, saniori usus concilio, apud me deliberavi quemlibet Christi militum pro mearum quarumdam donatione rerum adjutorem mihi facere et proximum.","english":"Then return to me, your Father, who prefer to ask when I could command, so that you keep our statutes unshaken, just as you wish your own to be kept by your successors, knowing assuredly that if you hold in contempt what has been sanctioned by us—which I do not believe—in like manner your decrees will also be despised by those who come after you.\n\nXXVII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he confers very many gifts upon the monastery of Saint Dionysius in the territory of Limoges and Bourges (in the year 636).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. Since it is shown by certain and daily proofs that it is true that the matter and condition of all things that are born returns in a moment of time to nothing, the salvation of our souls demands that each man, whom the negligence of the first man has made an exile and a stranger, daily examine the manner of his whole life, and then, when the final lot has not yet carried off the vital spirit, should strive to obtain a place there in accordance with his merits, whence he first fell, and where after his passing his soul is to return under angelic guidance. For this reason, I, Dagobert, king of the Franks, crowned by God, to whom by the permission of the highest King and by the concession of our predecessors as well Francia yields obedience and service, now treating of the salvation of my soul, having used sounder counsel, have deliberated with myself to make for myself, out of the donation of certain of my possessions, any one of the soldiers of Christ as my helper and neighbor.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":73,"ref":"p73","source":"Est hic inclitus et preciosus videlicet testis Dionysius, qui olim timore nudus, fidei fervore accinctus, Galliam petiit, et ibi, gentilium pululante perfidia, viriliter resistit, fide constans, sanctae legis praedicando ac patefaciendo doctrinam. Hic etenim proprii cruoris effusione, siquidem a dextris Dei cognoscitur sedere, jugiterque impetrare pro quibus voluerit petere, orbis universus eum summo debet venerari obsequio: multum quidem ego qui in declinando patris iram, ipsius sensi michi non abfuisse gratiam. Quapropter, licet ipse praefatus Dionysius nullo indigeat pro gloria qua cum Deo feliciter politur, tamen ut michi cum uxore propria et liberis apud aequum judicem fiat fidissimus intercessor, culparum quoque nostrarum in die judicii excusator, coenobitis monasterii illius, in quo corpore eum quiescentem cum gemitibus peccatores adeunt et peccata fatentur, et ubi Leobafarius abba praeesse cernitur, res quasdam in Limozino et Bituricensi sitas confinio, regio hactenus adscriptas dominio, per succedentium temporum curricula decernimus quiete obtinendas.","english":"Here indeed is the renowned and precious witness Dionysius, who once, stripped of fear and girded with the fervor of faith, sought Gaul, and there, as the perfidy of the gentiles swarmed, he resisted manfully, steadfast in faith, by preaching and making plain the teaching of the holy law. For since this man is known to sit at the right hand of God through the shedding of his own blood, and continually to obtain for those whom he wishes to petition, the whole world ought to venerate him with the highest service. Indeed, I greatly have felt that his grace has not been absent from me in turning aside my father's wrath. Wherefore, although the aforesaid Dionysius himself has need of nothing for the glory with which he is happily adorned before God, yet so that he may become for me, with my own wife and children, a most faithful intercessor before the just Judge, and also an excuser of our faults on the day of judgment, we decree that certain properties situated in the territory of Limoges and Bourges, hitherto ascribed to the royal domain, are to be held quietly by the monks of that monastery in which sinners come with groans to him resting in body and confess their sins, and where Abbot Leobafarius is seen to preside, throughout the course of succeeding times.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":74,"ref":"p74","source":"Nomina autem earum, ut certa pateant, omnibus subtitulantes sic recitamus, in primis videlicet, castrum nostrum quod dicitur Patriagus, cum ecclesiis, villis etiam a ipsum castrum pertinentibus, et cum ecclesiis, tum et cuncta quae sub ejus dominatione hactenus fuisse noscuntur, fratribus monasterii ejusdem Christi martyris Dionysii in jus et dominationem ab hac die ac deinceps transfundimus. Deinde curtem nostram quae vocatur Patriacus, sitam super fluvium Jugie, cum capella nostra in honore sancti Salvatoris consecrata, et cum tribus ecclesiis in eadem villa existentibus, et cum omnibus appendiciis suis. Addimus namque alias villas duas, cum ecclesiis quae sitae sunt super fluvium Vulsie, videlicet Petram-Fictam et Patriacum cum prato dominico, et cum omnibus appendiciis suis, et villam nostram quae dicitur Fornolis, cum servis et ancillis, et Nigromontem cum ecclesia, et Campaniacum cum ecclesia. Damus etiam cellam de Larundo et ecclesiam parochialem, cum omnibus ecclesiis ad ipsum castrum pertinentibus, tam intus quam extra.","english":"But the names of these, so that they may be clearly evident to all, we set down below in order as follows: first, namely, our fortress which is called Patriagus, with its churches, and also the estates belonging to that same fortress, and with the churches, and likewise all things which are known to have been under its dominion up to this time, we transfer from this day and henceforth into the right and dominion of the brothers of the monastery of the same martyr of Christ, Dionysius. Then our estate which is called Patriacus, situated on the river Jugie, with our chapel consecrated in honor of Saint Savior, and with the three churches existing in the same estate, and with all its appurtenances. For we add also two other estates, with the churches which are situated on the river Vulsie, namely Petram-Fictam and Patriacum with the demesne meadow, and with all their appurtenances, and our estate which is called Fornolis, with male and female slaves, and Nigromons with its church, and Campaniacum with its church. We give also the cell of Larundus and the parochial church, with all the churches pertaining to that same fortress, both within and without.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":75,"ref":"p75","source":"In Bituricensi etiam pago adjungentes, concedimus villam de Casimansi cum ecclesia, villam de Lanatido cum ecclesia, villam de Giuretis cum ecclesia, villam de Archiniaco cum ecclesia, villam de Maniaco cum ecclesia, villam de Stivaliculis cum ecclesia, et quinque mansis ad eandem ecclesiam pertinentibus, villam de Guierlaico cum ecclesia, villam de Vernido cum ecclesia, villam de duabus casis cum ecclesia, villam de Vicopleno cum ecclesia, villam de Perolio cum ecclesia et campo dominico, villam de Vallo cum ecclesia, villam de Argenteria cum ecclesia, villam de Noto cum ecclesia, villam Umreziaco cum ecclesia, villam de Napsiniaco cum ecclesia; et quaeque pertinere videntur ad easdem villas, cum servis et ancillis, terris, pratis, sylvis, farinariis, aquis aquarumve decursibus. Damus nempe insuper omnem terram quae est inter duas aquas, a Cono flumine usque ad fluvium fontis Maer, cum omnibus ecclesiis: ecclesiam videlicet sancti Marcialis de Salviaco, et ecclesiam de Cursiaco, ecclesiam de Mosayco, et etiam omnes res ad easdem ecclesias pertinentes tam intus quam extra, ad eumdem locum ubi hac duae aquae copulantur, extra capellam nostram, in honore beati Martini consecratam, cum duabus villis ad eandem ecclesiam pertinentibus, scilicet Golaoco, et altera quae dicitur Longavilla, quas domnus Godinus, vir apostolicus, Lugdunensis archiepiscopus, a regia tenebat majestate.","english":"In the territory of Bourges also, adding further, we grant the estate of Casimansi with its church, the estate of Lanatido with its church, the estate of Giuretis with its church, the estate of Archiniaco with its church, the estate of Maniaco with its church, the estate of Stivaliculis with its church, and five manses belonging to the same church, the estate of Guierlaico with its church, the estate of Vernido with its church, the estate of the two houses with its church, the estate of Vicopleno with its church, the estate of Perolio with its church and the demesne field, the estate of Vallo with its church, the estate of Argenteria with its church, the estate of Noto with its church, the estate of Umreziaco with its church, the estate of Napsiniaco with its church; and whatever appears to belong to these same estates, with male and female slaves, lands, meadows, woods, mills, waters and watercourses. We give, moreover, all the land that lies between the two waters, from the river Conus as far as the river of the spring of Maer, with all its churches: namely the church of Saint Martial of Salviacus, and the church of Cursiaco, the church of Mosayco, and also all the property belonging to these same churches both within and without, up to that place where these two waters join, outside our chapel consecrated in honor of the blessed Martin, with the two estates belonging to the same church, namely Golaoco, and the other which is called Longavilla, which the lord Godinus, apostolic man, archbishop of Lyon, held from the royal majesty.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":76,"ref":"p76","source":"Ecce qualia beato Dionysio sibique famulantibus offero. Quae si quis forte, quod absit, nobis in regni solio succedentium, vel quaelibet praepotens persona, Illi damna inferendo, in suum reduxerit dominium, prout ego, ipso suffragante salvari spero dans ea, ita ipse invasor, ea retinendo, morte damnetur pessima. Hoc autem donum ut posteris non videatur apocryphum, sed stabile, vel haec carta ut firmior sit per tempora, nostrae manus signo roborari et confirmari statuimus. Signum Dagoberti incliti regis. Signum Palladii archiepiscopi. Signum Landerici episcopi. Signum Laudomeri episcopi. Signum Fraudoberti episcopi. Signum Asterii episcopi. Signum Eligii episcopi. Signum Franemundi episcopi. Signum Sylvini episcopi. Signum Lauradi episcopi. S. Maurini episcopi. S. Clari episcopi. S. Gradoni episcopi. S. Johannis episcopi. S. Burgundophari abbatis. S. Leobafarii abbatis sancti Dionysii. S. Mummoli praefecti. S. Gundoeni comitis. S. Chariulli comitis. S. Audini comitis. S. Dructoaldi comitis. S. Charimundi comitis. Dado archiepiscopus Rotomagensis Ecclesiae, consentiens subscripsit. Data tertio Kal. August. regni nostri a anno XV. Actum est Compendio palatio feliciter. Amen.","english":"Behold what I offer to the blessed Dionysius and to those who serve him. If anyone, which God forbid, among those succeeding us on the royal throne, or any very powerful person whatsoever, should by inflicting harm on him bring these things back into his own dominion, then just as I hope to be saved by his intercession in giving them, so let that invader be condemned to the worst death by retaining them. But so that this gift may not seem spurious to posterity, but stable, and so that this charter may be more firmly established through the ages, we have decreed that it be strengthened and confirmed by the sign of our hand. The sign of Dagobert, the renowned king. The sign of Palladius, archbishop. The sign of Landericus, bishop. The sign of Laudomerus, bishop. The sign of Fraudobertus, bishop. The sign of Asterius, bishop. The sign of Eligius, bishop. The sign of Franemundus, bishop. The sign of Sylvinus, bishop. The sign of Lauradus, bishop. The sign of Maurinus, bishop. The sign of Clarus, bishop. The sign of Grado, bishop. The sign of John, bishop. The sign of Burgundofarus, abbot. The sign of Leobafarius, abbot of Saint Dionysius. The sign of Mummolus, prefect. The sign of Gundoen, count. The sign of Chariullus, count. The sign of Audinus, count. The sign of Dructoaldus, count. The sign of Charimundus, count. Dado, archbishop of the church of Rouen, consenting, subscribed. Given on the third day before the Kalends of August, in the fifteenth year of our reign. Done at the palace of Compiègne, happily. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":77,"ref":"p77","source":"XXVIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo villas Noth et Pascellarium donat monachis sancti Dionysii (ann, 636).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster.","english":"XXVIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants the estates of Noth and Pascellarium to the monks of Saint-Denis (year 636).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":78,"ref":"p78","source":"Priusquam homo subitanea morte moriatur, oportet pro salute anima sua vigilare, ne forte, morte sine aliquo respectu praesentem lucem auferente, inveniat aliquem imparatum, et sic perpetuis tenebris atque aeternis eum tradat tormentis; unde, dum proprio libertatis jure subsistit, ex caducis substantiis in aeterna tabernacula quaerere debet vitam mercari perpetuam, Idcirco ego, pro remedio animae meae, monachis basilicae domni Dionysii, peculiaris patroni nostri, in qua ipse preciosus martyr cum sociis suis corpore requiescit, et nos sepeliri optamus; ubi etiam abbas Aigulphus praesse videtur c, concedo villam nomine Noth, et alteram qua vocatur Pascellarius, cum adjacentiis suis, sitas in Bituricensi pago, et mancipia utriusque sexus, cum pratis, campis, sylvis, aquis aquarumve decursibus, sicut hactenus a fisco nostro possessae sunt, ita ex nostra indulgentia, propter adquirendam animae nostra salutem, vel propter filiorum nostrorum stabilitatem, praesenti et futuro tempore in perpetuum proficiant et habeant, nullusque de filiis nostris, aut regibus Francorum successoribus nostris, nec pontifex, nec abbas ipsius monasterii, nec quaelibet praepotens persona, praedictas villas, quas eidem sancto loco concessimus, auferre praesumat, si iram Dei et offensam domni Dionysii non optat incurrere.","english":"Before a man dies by sudden death, he ought to keep watch for the salvation of his soul, lest perhaps, when death carries off the present light without any regard, it find him unprepared and so deliver him to perpetual darkness and eternal torments. Therefore, while he stands by his own right of freedom, he ought from his fleeting substance to seek to purchase eternal life in everlasting dwellings. For this reason I, for the remedy of my soul, grant to the monks of the basilica of lord Dionysius, our especial patron, in which the precious martyr himself rests in body with his companions, and where we desire to be buried, and over which the abbot Aigulphus is seen to preside, the estate named Noth, and another called Pascellarius, with their appurtenances, situated in the territory of Bituriges, and slaves of both sexes, with meadows, fields, woods, waters and the courses of waters, just as they have hitherto been possessed by our fisc; so by our indulgence, for the acquiring of the salvation of our soul, and for the stability of our sons, let them profit and hold them in the present and future time forever. And let no one of our sons, or of the kings of the Franks our successors, nor any pontiff, nor the abbot of that same monastery, nor any very powerful person whatsoever, presume to take away the aforesaid estates, which we have granted to that same holy place, if he does not wish to incur the wrath of God and the offense of lord Dionysius.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":79,"ref":"p79","source":"Et ut haec preceptio firmior habeatur, vel per tempora conservetur, firmioremque habeat vigorem, manus nostrae subter eam decrevimus roborari subscriptionibus. Signum Dagoberti regis. Signum filii ejus Chloudouvei. Signum Eligii aurificis sui. Signum Dadonis cancellarii sui. Signum Geremari abbatis. Signum Aigulphi abbatis. Datum sub die Kal. Novembris a anno decimo quinto regni nostri. Actum Chipiaco palatio faeliciter. Amen.\n\nXXIX.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo villam Iticinascoam concedit ecclesia Sancti Dionysii (ann, 637).\n\n....rethus rex Francor. Viris inlustribus Vandelberto duci, Raganrico dom. et omnibus agentibus praesentibus et futuris... [Spatium vacat octo syllabarum] aeterna, ac de caduca substantia erogandum locrarii gaudia sempeterna. Igetur nos reipsa considerantis prout in aeternum vel alequantolum mereamur justorum consortis, villas·.. [Spatium trium syllabarum] cognomenante Iticinascoam, in pago Parisiaco, qui fuit Landerico et [Spatium unius litterae] germanis et addicionebus... [Spatium quatuor syllabarum] vel meretum ad baseleca domni Diunensi martheris peculiaris patroni nostri ubi ipse preciosus domnus in corpore requiescere videtur... dem devoti sumus per tempora, bona propitiante Domino, impartire praesencialiter plena devotione visi fuemus concessisse. Jubentes etenim vol...","english":"And so that this precept may be held more firmly, and preserved through the ages, and have stronger force, we have decreed that our hands be strengthened beneath it by subscriptions. The sign of King Dagobert. The sign of his son Chloudouveus. The sign of Eligius his goldsmith. The sign of Dado his chancellor. The sign of Geremarus the abbot. The sign of Aigulphus the abbot. Given on the day of the Kalends of November in the fifteenth year of our reign. Done at the palace of Chipiacum, happily. Amen.\n\nXXIX.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants the estate of Iticinascoa to the church of Saint Dionysius (year 637).\n\n....rethus, king of the Franks, to the illustrious men Duke Vandelbert, Raganric the domesticus, and all agents present and future... [a space of eight syllables is vacant] eternal, and from fleeting substance the everlasting joys of heaven are to be dispensed. Therefore, we, considering in our own person how in eternity, if only in some small measure, we may deserve to be companions of the righteous, have seen fit to grant with full devotion, for the present, the estates... [a space of three syllables] surnamed Iticinascoa, in the district of Paris, which belonged to Landeric and [a space of one letter] his brothers, together with additions... [a space of four syllables] or the marsh, to the basilica of the lord Dionysius, our special patron and martyr, where that precious lord is seen to rest in body... to which we are devoted through the ages, with God's favor, we have granted. And indeed, commanding that...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":80,"ref":"p80","source":"reis, silvis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumve decursibus, a die praesenti, qualiter ab ipsis... dominetur, vel ad fisco nostro praesente nunc tempore in Dei nomine possedetur, ex indulgentia nostra ad ipsa sancta basileca concessa, quae... a dicione percipiant specialius....ti pauperis inibi consistentebus, pro regni stabiletate vel remedium animae nostrae, absque illius in postmodum refragatione temporebus debeat profecere, et ut fiat ut dum nos ad clero vel pauperes ac ipso loco sancto consistente... au...s...a vel in aliquantolum...omne... incommoda generetur. Et ut... [Spatium quatuor syllabarum. Sic partim supplet Mabill Et ut... tam eu... tempora inviolabilem, etc.] inviolabelem capeat firmetatem manus [nostrae subscriptionebus infra,.. Dagobercthus rex subs. Dado optol. [Locus sigilli.] dies quindecim an. decemo regni nostri in Dei... C ipiaco fel","english":"...fields, woods, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters, from the present day, in the manner in which they are held by those themselves... or are possessed in the name of God at the present time by our fisc, granted by our indulgence to that same holy basilica, which... they shall receive more especially from the jurisdiction... of the poor residing there, for the stability of the kingdom and the remedy of our soul, it ought to profit without any contradiction from him in times hereafter, and that it may come about that while we... to the clergy or the poor and to that same holy place established... or in some small measure... every... inconvenience may be generated. And that... [A space of four syllables. Thus partly supplied by Mabillon. And that... both... times inviolable, etc.] it may receive inviolable firmness by the subscriptions of our hand below. The subscription of Dagobert the king. Dado, optio. [Place of the seal.] fifteen days in the tenth year of our reign in God... happy...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":81,"ref":"p81","source":"XXX.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, Francorum regis, quo concedit Amando episcopo locum inter fluvios Elnonem et Scarpum, opportunum ut ibi Deo militantes ordinarentur e (ann. 637).\n\nIn nomine Domini Jesu Christi. Dagobertus, divina ordinante clementia, rex. Deum nobis fore propitium credimus, si ad reformandum et confirmandum religionis cultum praecipuam curam impendimus, et religioni deservientibus munificentie ac liberalitatis nostre manum aperimus. Proinde tam praesentium quam futurorum solertiam scire volumus, quod venerabilis vite Amandus episcopus, qui, per gratiam Dei, filium nostrum Sigebertum baptisavit, jam quibusdam ecclesiis seu monasteriis ad augmentum divini cultus constructis ac bene dispositis, excellentiam nostram adierit, et ut non deficiens Dominice vince cultor, confidens autem de nostre largitatis beneficio, locum situm inter duos fluvios, Scarpum et Elnonem, a nostra liberalitate sibi concedi humiliter petierit: qui locus, licet esset, propter multam silve densitatem, ad extirpandum difficilis, tamen labori suo, immo post laborem suum, quieti et usibus Deo militantium, quos ibi se jam pie meditabatur per Dei gratiam ordinaturum, videbatur opportunus.","english":"XXX.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to Bishop Amand the place between the rivers Elnon and Scarpe, suitable for the establishment there of those who serve God (year 637).\n\nIn the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Dagobert, by the ordaining mercy of God, king. We believe that God will be favorable to us if we devote special care to reforming and confirming the worship of religion, and open the hand of our munificence and liberality to those who serve religion. Accordingly we wish it to be known to the diligence of both present and future generations that the venerable Amand, bishop of holy life, who by the grace of God baptized our son Sigebert, having already built and well ordered certain churches and monasteries for the increase of divine worship, approached our Excellency, and as a tireless cultivator of the Lord's vineyard, trusting in the benefit of our generosity, humbly asked that there be granted to him by our liberality a place situated between two rivers, the Scarpe and the Elnon. Although this place, on account of the great density of its forest, was difficult to clear, nevertheless it seemed suited to his labor, or rather, after his labor, to the rest and uses of those who serve God, whom he already piously intended, by God's grace, to establish there.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":82,"ref":"p82","source":"Nos igitur considerantes dignam reverendi pontificis petitionem, tum propter totius regni nostri ac prolis nostrae stabilitatem et pacem, tum propter animarum nostrarum salutem, locum quem petierat, cum utraque aqua et silva circumquaque succressente, prona animi devotione concessimus, et concessionem rata legum sanctione stabilimus. Precipimus igitur, et ex authoritate regia jubemus, ut nulla secularis vel ecclesiastica persona, de loco supradicto, cum aqua et silva, prefato pontifici a nostra liberalitate concesso, ipsi pontifici seu successoribus ejus ullam inquietudinem aut refragationem, vel prejudicium sive violentiam facere tentet; sed potius hoc regalis munificentie beneficium tam ipse pontifex et quos ibi ordinaverit, quam qui ei successerint sine ulla diminoratione, absque ulla calumpnia et contradictione, secure et perpetualiter habeant et possideant. Quod si divina pietas locum per industriam hujus amabilis viri ac successorum ejus, et per devotam largitionem bonorum hominum meliorari et amplificari voluerit; quidquid exinde, sive in causis, sive in fredis, sive in pratis, sive in terrarum divisionibus et redibitionibus, sive aliquo modo jus fisci exigere poterat, in integrum tam prefato Patri quam successoribus ejus concedimus.","english":"We therefore, considering the worthy petition of the reverend pontiff—both for the stability and peace of our whole kingdom and of our offspring, and for the salvation of our souls—have granted with devout inclination of mind the place he sought, together with both waters and the woodland growing up all around, and we establish the grant with the ratified sanction of the laws. We therefore command, and by royal authority we order, that no secular or ecclesiastical person attempt to cause any disturbance, or opposition, or prejudice, or violence to the aforesaid pontiff or his successors concerning the place above-mentioned, with its water and woodland, granted to him by our liberality; but rather that this benefit of royal munificence be held and possessed securely and in perpetuity, without any diminution, without any calumny and contradiction, both by the pontiff himself and by those whom he has ordained there, and by those who succeed him. But if divine mercy should will that the place be improved and enlarged through the industry of this lovable man and of his successors, and through the devout generosity of good men: whatever from it—whether in estates, or in woodlands, or in meadows, or in divisions and revenues of lands, or in any manner the right of the fisc could exact—we grant in full to the aforesaid father as well as to his successors.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":83,"ref":"p83","source":"Ipsum vero locum et res ad eum pertinentes, quidquid etiam largitas principum, vel devotio quorumlibet fidelium, deinceps addiderit, sub tuitionis et immunitatis nostre defensione consistere volumus. Et ut hec regalis authoritas firma atque inconcussa perpetuo perseveret, presens preceptum manu propria subterfirmamus, et annuli nostri impressione signamus. Successores etiam nostros, ut in hoc ipsum morem nostrum imitentur, commonemus. Datum Kalendas Maii, indictione septima, anno a undecimo regni domini Dagoberti. Actum Parisius civitate feliciter. Amen.\n\nXXXI.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo immunitatem ab omni potestate concedit monasterio Sancti Dionysii (ann. 637).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster, Mummolo prefecto, Gondoeno, Werpeno, Dructoaldo, Audino, Charimundo et Chariulfo, comitibus, vel omnibus agentibus, presentibus et futuris. Oportet clementie principali, inter ceteras petitiones, illud quod pro salute ascribitur et pro divino nomine postulatur, placabili auditu suscipere, et procul dubio ad effectum perducem, quatinus de caducis rebus presentis scculi eterna conquirantur, juxta preceptum Domini dicentis: Facite vos amicos de mammona iniquitatis.","english":"We wish that the place itself and the properties pertaining to it—whatever in addition the generosity of princes or the devotion of any of the faithful shall hereafter add—shall stand under the protection and defense of our tutelage and immunity. And so that this royal authority may remain firm and unshaken forever, we strengthen the present precept below with our own hand and seal it with the impression of our ring. We also admonish our successors to imitate our custom in this very matter. Given on the Kalends of May, in the seventh indiction, in the eleventh year of the reign of the lord Dagobert. Done happily in the city of Paris. Amen.\n\nXXXI.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants immunity from all authority to the monastery of Saint Dionysius (year 637).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to Mummolus the prefect, and to Gondoen, Werpen, Dructoald, Audin, Charimund, and Chariulf, counts, and to all agents, present and future. It befits the principal clemency, among other petitions, to receive with gracious hearing that which is ascribed for salvation and requested for the divine name, and without doubt to bring it to effect, so that eternal things may be acquired from the fleeting things of this present age, according to the precept of the Lord who says: Make for yourselves friends from the mammon of iniquity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":84,"ref":"p84","source":"Ergo de mammona iniquitatis, juxta ipsius dictum, nos oportet mercari eterna et celestia, ut dum sacerdotibus Christi impertimur congrua beneficia, retributorem Dominum ex hoc habere mercamur in eterna tabernacula. Igitur venerabilis Aigulfus, abba de basilica peculiaris patroni nostri domni Dionysii marturis, ubi ipse pretiosus domnus in corpore requiescit, clementiam regni nostri supplicavit ut, juxta hoc quod ante hos dies in Compendio in nostro generali placito tractavimus, ita nunc per propriam nostram auctoritatem sub immunitatis nominis nostri denuo pro rei firmitate circa ipsum sanctum locum vel homines qui se, cum substantia eorum vel rebus, ad ipsam sanctam basilicam tradere et devovere voluerint, hoc nos in Dei nomine praestare et confirmare circa ipsum sanctum locum dignaremus. Ideo cognoscat magnitudo seu utilitas vestra, quod ita nos pro reverentia ipsorum sanctorum, vel pro quiete monachorum ibidem Deo famulantium, promptissima voluntate denuo concessisse, et in omnibus confirmasse vestra compareat solertia [In allero diplom., visi sumus]. Quapropter per hoc preceptum quod specialius decernimus, et imperpetuo volumus esse mansurum, jubemus atque constituimus ut neque vos juniores [In altero diplom.","english":"Therefore, from the mammon of iniquity, according to His own saying, we ought to buy eternal and heavenly things, so that while we impart fitting benefits to the priests of Christ, we may deserve to have the Lord as our rewarder in the eternal tabernacles. Accordingly, the venerable Aigulf, abbot of the basilica of our particular patron, the lord Dionysius the martyr, where that precious lord rests in the body, besought the clemency of our kingdom that, just as we discussed a few days ago at Compiègne in our general assembly, so now by our own authority under the name of our immunity, again for the strengthening of the matter, concerning that holy place itself or the men who wish to hand over and devote themselves, with their substance or property, to that same holy basilica, we should deign in the name of God to grant and confirm this concerning that holy place itself. Therefore let your greatness or usefulness know that, out of reverence for those saints, or for the peace of the monks serving God there, we have again, with most ready will, granted and confirmed in all things, as appears in your diligence [in another diploma: we have seemed]. Wherefore by this precept, which we decree more especially and wish to remain forever, we command and establish that neither you, the younger men [in another diploma:","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":85,"ref":"p85","source":"legitur nos et nostri, el deest vox juniores] seu successores vestri imperpetuo, nec quilibet de judiciaria potestate accinctus in curtes praefate basilice domni Dionysii, ubi et ubi in quascumque regiones vel pagos in regno Deo propitio nostro, quod ad die presente pars ipsius monasterii possidere et dominari videtur, vel quod Deum timentibus hominibus per legitima cartarum instrumenta ibidem fuit concessum, aut in antea erit additum vel delegatum, nec ad causas audiendum, nec ad fidejussores tollendos, nec ad freda vel bannos erigendum, et ad mansiones vel paratas faciendum, nec ullas redibitiones requirendum, infra immunitatem sancti Dionysii egredi vel requirere quoquo tempore non [Deest negatio haec in altero dipl.] presumatur, nisi [In allero diplom.","english":"it is read that we and our successors, and no one invested with judicial power, shall at no time presume to enter upon the courts of the aforesaid basilica of the lord Dionysius, wherever in whatever regions or districts within our kingdom, by God's favor, that part of the same monastery appears to possess and hold dominion as of the present day, or whatever has been granted there to God-fearing men by lawful instruments of charters, or shall hereafter be added or delegated, nor to hear cases, nor to take sureties, nor to levy freda or bans, nor to make lodgings or provisions, nor to require any dues, within the immunity of Saint Dionysius, nor to seek them.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":86,"ref":"p86","source":"legitur sed] quicquid fiscus noster exinde poterat exactare omnia et ex omnibus, pro mercedis nostre augmento, sub integra et firmissima immunitate a die presente concedimus; et si quispiam hanc nostram auctoritatem vel immunitatem et infringere voluerit, et alios ad hoc conduxerit, unusquisque pro semetipso libras triginta ex auro purissimo partibus sancti Dionysii coactus componat, et, ut dictum est, quicquid exinde forsitan fiscus noster ad partem nostram sperare poterat, in luminaribus vel stipendiis monachorum, seu et alimoniis pauperorum [In altero diplom., eleemosiniis pauperum] ipsius monasterii, perhenniter per nostra oracula ad integrum sit concessum atque indultum, ita ul melius delectet pro stabilitate regni nostri, vel pro quiete, et quibuslibet leudis nostris, Domini misericordiam attentius deprecare. Ut hec auctoritas nostris et futuris temporibus circa ipsum locum sanctum perhenniter firma et inviolata permaneat, per omnia tempora illesa custodiatur atque conservetur et ab omnibus optimatibus nostris et judicibus publicis et privatis melius ac certius credatis, manus nostre subscriptionibus subter eam decrevimus roborare, et de annulo nostro jussimus sigillare. Dagobertus rex subscripsit. Dado obtulit. Datum sub die IIII Kal. Aug. anno secundo regni nostri. Compendio, in Dei nomine feliciter. Amen.","english":"it is read, but whatever our fisc could have exacted from this and from all things, for the increase of our reward, we grant from the present day under full and most firm immunity; and if anyone shall wish to infringe this our authority or immunity, and has brought others to this, each one for himself shall be compelled to pay thirty pounds of purest gold to the parts of Saint Dionysius, and, as has been said, whatever our fisc might perhaps have been able to hope for from this for our part, let it be granted and bestowed in full perpetually by our pronouncements for the lights or stipends of the monks, or also for the alms of the poor [in another diploma, the eleemosynae of the poor] of that same monastery, so that it may more pleasingly delight them to implore the mercy of the Lord more attentively for the stability of our kingdom, or for the quiet, and for any of our leudes. That this authority may remain forever firm and inviolate in our and future times concerning that same holy place, and be kept and preserved unharmed through all times, and that it may be better and more certainly believed by all our optimates and public and private judges, we have decreed to strengthen it below with the subscriptions of our hand, and we have ordered it to be sealed with our ring. King Dagobert subscribed. Dado presented it. Given on the fourth day before the Kalends of August, in the second year of our reign. At Compiègne, happily in the name of God. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":87,"ref":"p87","source":"XXXII.\n\nDiploma alterum ejusdem argumenti, cum accessionibus a (ann.637).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster, omnibus episcopis, abbatibus, ducibus, comitibus, centenariis et ceteris agentibus nostris presentibus scilicet et futuris. Oportet clementie principali inter ceteras petitiones illud quod pro salute anime ascribitur, et pro divino nomine postulatur, placabili auditu suscipere, et procul dubio ad affectum [Dub., effectum] perducere, quatenus de caducis rebus presentis secuti eterna vita conquiratur, juxta preceptum Domini dicentis: Facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitalis. Ergo de mammona iniquitatis, juxta ipsius dictum, nos oportet mercari eterna et celestia, ut dum ecclesie Christi impertimur congrua beneficia, retributorem Dominum ex hoc habere mereamur in eterna tabernacula.","english":"XXXII.\n\nAnother diploma of the same purport, with additions, in the year 637.\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to all bishops, abbots, dukes, counts, centenaries, and our other agents, present and to come. It befits the princely clemency, among other petitions, to receive with a placable hearing that which is ascribed for the salvation of the soul and is requested for the divine name, and without doubt to bring it to effect, so that by following eternal life we may gain it from the fleeting things of the present, according to the precept of the Lord who says: Make for yourselves friends from the mammon of iniquity. Therefore from the mammon of iniquity, according to his own saying, we ought to purchase eternal and heavenly things, so that while we impart fitting benefits to the church of Christ, we may deserve to have the Lord as our rewarder from this into eternal tabernacles.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":88,"ref":"p88","source":"Igitur venerabilis Aygulfus aba [Dub., abbas] de basilica peculiaris patroni nostri domni Dionysii martyris, ubi ipse preciosus domnus in corpore requiescit, clementiam regni nostri supplicavit, ut juxta hoc quod ante hos dies in Compendio in nostro generali placito tractivimus, ita nunc (in universali nostra synodo Parisius congregata) per propriam nostram auctoritatem, sub immunitatis nomine, denuo pro rei firmitate, circa ipsum sanctum locum, vel homines qui se, cum substantia sua vel rebus, ad ipsam sanctam basilicam tradere et devovere voluerunt, hoc nos in Dei nomine prestare et confirmare circa ipsum locum sanctum dignaremur. Ideo cognoscat magnitudo seu utilitas vestra, quod ita nos pro reverentia ipsorum sanctorum, vel pro quiete monachorum ibidem Deo famulantium, promptissima voluntate denuo concessisse, et in omnibus confirmasse visi sumus. Quapropter per hoc preceptum, quod specialius decernimus et in perpetuum volumus esse mansurum, jubemus atque constituimus ut neque nos neque successores nostri [In priori diplom.","english":"Therefore the venerable abbot Aygulf of the basilica of our own special patron, the lord and martyr Dionysius, where that precious lord rests in body, besought the clemency of our kingdom that, just as we discussed a few days ago at Compiègne in our general assembly, so now—in our universal synod gathered at Paris—by our own authority, under the name of immunity, once again for the security of the matter, concerning that holy place itself, or the men who wished to hand over and devote themselves, with their substance or property, to that same holy basilica, we should deign to grant and confirm this in the name of God concerning that holy place itself. Therefore let your greatness or usefulness know that, out of reverence for those saints, or for the peace of the monks serving God there, we have again, with most ready will, been seen to grant and confirm in all things. Wherefore by this precept, which we decree more especially and wish to remain forever, we order and establish that neither we nor our successors [In the earlier diploma.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":89,"ref":"p89","source":"vos et vestri], neque quilibet neque archiepiscopus [Dub., quilibet episcopus vel archiepiscopus], (nec quicumque) de judiciaria potestate accinctus (in ipsam sanctam basilicam vel immanentes in ipsa, nisi per voluntatem abbatis et suorum monachorum, ullam unquam habeat potestatem; sed sit hec sancta mater ecclesia, videlicet peculiaris patroni nostri domni et magni Dionysii, libera et absoluta ab omni invasione vel inquietudine omnium hominum, cujuscumque ordinis vel potestatis esse videantur). In curtes vero prefate basilice domni Dionysii, ubi et ubi, in quascunque regiones vel pagos in regno, Deo propitio, nostro, quod a die presente pars ipsius monasterii possidere et dominari videtur, vel quod Deum timentibus [Dub., a Deum timentibus] hominibus per legitima cartarum instrumenta ibidem fuit concessum, aut inantea erit additum vel delegatum, nec ad causas audiendum, nec ad fidejussores tollendos, nec ad freda vel bannos exigendum, et ad mansiones vel paratas faciendum, nec ullas redibitiones requirendum, infra immunitatem sancti Dionysii ingredi vel requirere quoquo tempore presumatur; sed quicquid exinde fiscus noster poterat exauctare, omnia et ex omnibus, pro mercedis nostre augmento; sub integra et firmissima immunitate a die presenti concedimus (ad ipsum sanctum locum et in perpetuum confirmamus).","english":"Neither you nor your men, nor any bishop or archbishop, nor anyone invested with judicial power, shall at any time have any authority within that holy basilica itself or over those dwelling in it, except by the will of the abbot and his monks; but let this holy mother church, that is, of our own special patron the lord and great Dionysius, be free and absolved from all invasion or disturbance by all men, of whatever order or power they may appear to be. But into the estates of the aforesaid basilica of the lord Dionysius, wherever they may be, in whatever regions or districts within our kingdom, by God's favor, which from the present day the portion of that monastery is seen to possess and hold, or which has been granted there to God-fearing men by lawful instruments of charters, or shall hereafter be added or delegated, let no one at any time presume to enter or make claim within the immunity of Saint Dionysius, whether to hear cases, or to take sureties, or to exact fines or bans, or to make lodgings or provisions, or to require any payments whatsoever; but whatever our fisc could have exacted therefrom, all of it and from all of it, for the increase of our reward, we grant from the present day under full and most firm immunity to that holy place itself, and confirm it in perpetuity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":90,"ref":"p90","source":"Si autem quispiam hanc nostram auctoritatem vel immunitatem infringere voluerit et alios ad hoc conduxerit, unusquisque pro semetipso libras XXX ex auro purissimo partibus sancti Dionysii componat; et, ut dictum est, quicquid exinde fiscus noster ad partem nostram sperare poterat, in luminaribus vel stipendiis monachorum seu et in eleemosinis pauperum ipsius monasterii, perenniter per nostra oracula ad integrum sit concessum atque indultum, ita ut eis melius delectet pro stabilitate regni nostri, vel pro quiete, et quibuslibet leudis nostris, Domini misericordiam attentius deprecari. Et ut haec autoritas nostris et futuris temporibus circa ipsum sanctum locum perenniter firma et inviolata permaneat, vel per omnia tempora illesa custodiatur atque conservetur, et ab omnibus optimatibus nostris et judicibus publicis et privatis melius ac certius credatur, manus nostre subscriptionibus subter eam decrevimus roborare, et de annulo nostro jussimus sigillari. Dagobertus rex s. (Palladius eps. s. Taurinus eps. s. Eligius eps. s. Silvinus eps. s. Orado eps. s. Clarus eps. s. Gondoenus comes s. Dado obtuli. Johannes eps. s. Richoaldus eps. s. Atherius eps. s. Laudomerus eps. s. Landericus eps. subscripsit. Acterius eps. s. Mommolus prefectus s.) Data [Dub., sub die] IV Kal. Augusti, anno decimo [Dub., secundo] regni nostri, Parisius [Dub., Compendio], in Dei nomine, feliciter, amen.","english":"But if anyone should wish to infringe this our authority or immunity, and should bring others to this end, let each one for himself pay thirty pounds of purest gold to the parts of Saint Dionysius; and, as has been said, whatever our fisc could have hoped for its own part from this source, let it be entirely granted and bestowed perpetually by our ordinances for the lights and stipends of the monks, and also for the alms of the poor of that same monastery, so that it may please them more gladly to beseech the mercy of the Lord more earnestly for the stability of our kingdom, and for the quiet, and for any of our leudes. And so that this our authority may remain forever firm and inviolate in our times and in future times concerning that same holy place, and be kept and preserved unharmed through all times, and be more fully and certainly believed by all our magnates and public and private judges, we have decreed to strengthen it below with the subscriptions of our hand, and we have ordered it to be sealed with our ring. Dagobert, king, subscribed. (Palladius, bishop, subscribed. Taurinus, bishop, subscribed. Eligius, bishop, subscribed. Silvinus, bishop, subscribed. Orado, bishop, subscribed. Clarus, bishop, subscribed. Gondoenus, count, subscribed. I, Dado, have offered this. Johannes, bishop, subscribed. Richoaldus, bishop, subscribed. Atherius, bishop, subscribed. Laudomerus, bishop, subscribed. Landericus, bishop, subscribed. Acterius, bishop, subscribed. Mommolus, prefect, subscribed.) Given on the fourth day before the Kalends of August, in the tenth year of our reign, at Paris, in the name of God, happily, amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":91,"ref":"p91","source":"XXXIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, Francorum regis, quo Ruilliacum et plurima alia dona confert monasterio sancti Dionysii a (ann. 637).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Cum certis et cotidianis manifestetur indiciis esse verum quod omnium materies et conditio nascentium tempore momentaneo revertatur in nichilum, nostrarum salus poscit animarum, quatinus quisque, quem primi hominis negligentia exulem facit et peregrinum, cotidie totius vite sue discutiat modum, ac deinde sors extrema cum nondum vitalem rapuerit spiritum, pro meritis locum obtinere se illuc exerceat unde prius ruit, et ubi post transitum ejus anima ductu angelico est reditura; nara quis ad quamlibet, civitatem tensurus, forte negotiationis causa vel necessitate pulsus, aliqua non premittit bona quibus admodum contentus sufficiat, remota omni inopia? Itaque sic et quia Apostolum dixisse liquet: Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum ad omnes; est memorie commendandum cuique videlicet orthodoxorum, qui Christi se plasma fatetur et templum, ut interim dum vivendi spatia mortis debite prestant lex atque jura, sua eroget pro Christo ac largiatur, et taliter in superna Jerusalem thesaurum thesaurizans, liberam ad eam reversurus possidebit mansionem, ejus quoque spiritui fames in evum denegabitur et sitis.","english":"XXXIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he confers Ruilliacum and very many other gifts upon the monastery of Saint Dionysius (year 637).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. Since by sure and daily proofs it is made manifest that it is true that the substance and condition of all things that are born returns in a moment of time to nothing, the salvation of our souls demands that each one, whom the negligence of the first man makes an exile and a stranger, should daily examine the manner of his whole life, and then, before the final lot has snatched away his living spirit, should strive to obtain there a place according to his merits whence he first fell, and whither after his passing his soul is to return under angelic guidance; for who, about to set out for any city, perhaps driven by reason of business or by necessity, does not first send on ahead some goods with which, well content, he may suffice, all want being removed? And so likewise, because it is clear that the Apostle said: While we have time, let us work good to all; it must be commended to the memory of each of the orthodox, who confesses himself to be the handiwork and temple of Christ, that in the meantime, while the law and rights of due death grant spans of living, he should disburse and lavish his goods for Christ, and thus laying up treasure in the heavenly Jerusalem, he will possess a free mansion to which he is to return, and hunger and thirst will be denied to his spirit forever.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":92,"ref":"p92","source":"A cujus nempe thalamo michi quia non expedit ut excludar ullo modo; Ego Dagobertus, Francorum rex a Deo coronatus, cui summi regis permissione, predecessorum nec ne nostrorum concessione Francia obsecundat et famulatur, de salute anime nunc tractando, saniori usus consilio, apud me deliberavi quemlibet Christi militum, pro mearum quarumdam donatione rerum, adjutorem michi facere et proximum. Est hic inclitus et preciosus videlicet testis Dionysius, qui olim timore nudus, fidei fervore accinctus, Galliam petiit, et ibi, gentilium pullulante perfidia, viriliter resistit fide constans, sanctae legis predicando ac patefaciendo doctrinam. Hic etenim proprii cruoris effusione qui quidem a dextris Dei cognoscitur sedere, jugiterque impetrare pro quibus voluerit petere, universus orbis cum summo debet venerari obsequio, multum quidem ego, qui in declinando patris fram, ipsius sensi michi affuisse [Dub., non abfuisse] gratiam.","english":"For from whose marriage-bed, indeed, it is not fitting that I be excluded in any way; I, Dagobert, king of the Franks, crowned by God, to whom by the permission of the highest King and by the concession of our predecessors as well as of ourselves Francia submits and serves, now taking thought for the salvation of my soul, having used sounder counsel, have deliberated with myself to make for myself a helper and a neighbor from among the soldiers of Christ, in return for the donation of certain of my possessions. Here is the renowned and precious witness, namely Dionysius, who once, stripped of fear and girded with the fervor of faith, sought Gaul, and there, while the unbelief of the gentiles swelled, he resisted manfully, steadfast in faith, by preaching and making plain the doctrine of the holy law. For this man, by the shedding of his own blood, who indeed is known to sit at the right hand of God, and continually to obtain for those for whom he wishes to ask, the whole world ought to venerate with the highest service—and I indeed, greatly, who in declining my father's frame, have felt that his grace was present to me [doubtful: was not absent].","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":93,"ref":"p93","source":"Quapropter, licet ipse prefatus Dionysius nullo indigeat pro gloria qua cum Deo feliciter potitur, tamen ut michi, cum uxore propria et liberis, apud equum judicem fiat fidissimus intercessor, culparum quoque nostrarum in die judicii excusator, cenobitis monasterii illus, in quo corpore eum quiescentem eum gemitibus peccatores adeunt, et peccata fatentur, et ubi abbas Leobafarius preesse cernitur, res quasdam in Bituricensi sitas confinio [Dub., confinio, regio], actenus ascriptas dominio, per succedentium temporum curricula decernimus quiete obtinendas. Nomina autem earum, ut certa pateant omnibus, subtitulantes, sic recitamus: in primis Ruilliacum; et deinde hos vicos, videlicet: villam Fracillo, Montelliacum [Dub., Francillo, Montellicum], Avendelliacum, Noziocum, Morilliacum, Talaicum [Dub., Talliacum], Sarmasiacum, Paredum, Ger, Pay, Masnile, Cassinoilum, Cantalupum [Dub., Masline, Cassionilum, Cantuplum], Jernacum, Vineolas, terram de Planis, terram de Valle, ad quam respicit Arnolliacus [Hoec desunt ap. Dub.] terram que dicitur Mons-Beraldi, terram que dicitur Canehuces, cum omnibus appendiciis suis, silvis scilicet et vineis, pratis, aquis, earumdemque decursibus, et servis et ancillis. Preter hec autem curtem [deest ap. Dub. curtem] dominicam, cum capella ibi fabricata in honore sancti Salvatoris, apostolorumque ejus.","english":"Wherefore, although the aforesaid Dionysius himself has no need of anything for the glory which he happily enjoys with God, nevertheless, so that he may become for me, together with my own wife and children, a most faithful intercessor before the just Judge, and also an excuser of our faults on the day of judgment, we decree that certain properties situated in the territory of Bourges, hitherto ascribed to the domain, be held quietly by the monks of that monastery in which sinners approach him resting in body with groans and confess their sins, and where the abbot Leobafarius is seen to preside, throughout the course of succeeding times. And the names of these, so that they may be clear to all, we set down below and recite as follows: first Ruilliacum; and then these villages, namely: the estate of Fracillo, Montelliacum, Avendelliacum, Noziocum, Morilliacum, Talaicum, Sarmasiacum, Paredum, Ger, Pay, Masnile, Cassinoilum, Cantalupum, Jernacum, Vineolas, the land of the Plains, the land of the Valley, toward which Arnolliacus looks, the land which is called Mons-Beraldi, the land which is called Canehuces, with all their appurtenances, namely woods and vineyards, meadows, waters and their courses, and male and female slaves. Besides these, moreover, the lord's court, with the chapel built there in honor of Saint Savior and his apostles.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":94,"ref":"p94","source":"Petri et Pauli, atque sanctorum martyrum Dionysii, Rustici et Eleutherii, cum incluso vinee, ac septem farinariis, furnis decem, et portum, mercatum, piscarias quoque quas ibi michi institui precepi, habere concedo. Do etiam duas villas, quarum una dicitur Cirsai, et sita est super fluvium Telum, et altera Goyse, quae proxima est fluvio Arnon, cum omnibus appendiciis suis. Ecce qualia beato Dionysio sibique famulantibus offero. Que si quis forte, quod absit, nobis in regni solio succedentium, vel quelibet prepotens persona, illi damna inferendo, in suum reduxerit dominium, prout ego, ipso suffragante, salvari spero dans ea, ita ipse invasor ea retinendo morte damnetur pessima. Hoc autem donum, ut posteris non videatur apocrifum sed stabile, vel hec carta ut firmior sit per tempora, nostre manus signo roborari et confirmari statuimus. Signum Dagoberti gloriosissimi regis: signum Clodovei filii sui; signum Eligii aurificis sui; signum Dadonis cancellarii sui; signum Geremari [Dub., Geremari abbatis]; signum Leobafarii abbatis. Datum sub die Kal. Septembris, anno a XXV regni nostri. Actum civitate Aurelianis feliciter, in Dei nomine. Amen.","english":"Of Peter and Paul, and of the holy martyrs Dionysius, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, with the enclosed vineyard, and seven mills, ten ovens, and the harbor, the market, and also the fisheries which I have ordered to be established there for me, I grant them to have. I also give two villas, of which one is called Cirsai and is situated on the river Tel, and the other Goyse, which is nearest to the river Arnon, with all their appurtenances. Behold what things I offer to the blessed Dionysius and to those serving him. But if anyone, which God forbid, of those succeeding us on the royal throne, or any very powerful person whatever, by inflicting losses on him, should bring these things back into his own dominion, just as I, with him interceding, hope to be saved by giving them, so may that invader, by retaining them, be condemned to the worst death. But so that this gift may not seem to posterity spurious but stable, and so that this charter may be firmer through the ages, we have decreed that it be strengthened and confirmed by the sign of our hand. The sign of Dagobert, the most glorious king; the sign of Clovis his son; the sign of Eligius his goldsmith; the sign of Dado his chancellor; the sign of Geremar [doubtful, Geremar the abbot]; the sign of Leobafarius the abbot. Given on the Kalends of September, in the twenty-fifth year of our reign. Done at the city of Orléans, happily, in the name of God. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":95,"ref":"p95","source":"XXXIV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo villus Acuciacum, Cosdunum, et alias plures, matriculariis ecclesiae sancti Dionysii donat (ann. 637)\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster. Homo semper et incolumis, ac etiam et ac si in egritudine positus, pro salute anime sue attentius debat invigilare, ut valeat in faturum lucra mercedum conquirere.","english":"XXXIV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants the estates of Acuciacum, Cosdunum, and several others to the matricularii of the church of Saint Dionysius (year 637)\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. A man should always and unceasingly, and even as if placed in sickness, strive the more attentively for the salvation of his soul, so that he may be able to acquire in the future the rewards of merits.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":96,"ref":"p96","source":"Igitur nos, pro Dei intuitu vel remedio anime nostre, villas cognominatas Acuciaco et Cosduno, sitas in Belloacinse pago, immoque Magnino villa et Mediano villare [Dub., Magnovillare, Mediovillare], vel Gellis et Averciaco, ad matricularios domni Dionysii, peculiaris patroni nostri, ubi ipse domnus in corpore requiescit, et nos sepeliri cupimus, ad eorum substantiam [Dub., concessimus ad substantiam] vel transactionem, villas suprascriptas Acuciaco et Cosduno, Magnino villa, Mediano villare [Dub., Magnovillare, Mediovillare], vel Gellis et Averciaco, cum omni merito vel termino earum, ipsos matricularios presentialiter perveniant, ita ut in postmodum, cum terris, domibus, mancipiis, vineis, silvis, pratis, pascuis, gregis cum pastoribus, adjacentiis vel reliquis quibuscumque beneficiis, sicut usque hactenus a fisco nostro fuerunt possesse, ita ex nostra indulgentia, pro salute anime nostre acquirenda vel stabilitate filiorum nostrorum, ad ipsos matricularios, qui ad prefatam sanctam basilicam vel infra atrium consistunt, presenti et futuro tempore proficiant in perpetuo, et delegatione, valde jam in egritudine demandavimus fieri, nec de filiis nostris, vel quicumque propter hoc occasionem non habeat, quasi presentem voluntatem nostram adversare aut refragare temptetur, ac etiam nec pontifex, nec abba, hoc ad ipsos fratres auferre non audeat, si iram Dei aut offensam domni","english":"Therefore we, out of regard for God and for the remedy of our soul, have granted the estates named Acuciacum and Cosdunum, situated in the district of Belloacum, and indeed the estate of Magninus and the villar of Medianus [doubtful: Magnovillare, Mediovillare], as well as Gellis and Averciacum, to the matricularii of the lord Dionysius, our particular patron, where the lord himself rests in body and where we desire to be buried, for their substance [doubtful: we have granted for their substance] or transaction—the estates written above, Acuciacum and Cosdunum, the estate of Magninus, the villar of Medianus [doubtful: Magnovillare, Mediovillare], as well as Gellis and Averciacum, with all their due and boundary, shall come presently to the matricularii themselves, so that hereafter, with the lands, houses, slaves, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures, herds with herdsmen, appurtenances, and any other benefits whatsoever, just as they have been possessed by our fisc up to now, so by our indulgence, for the acquiring of the health of our soul and the stability of our sons, they may profit the matricularii themselves, who serve at the aforesaid holy basilica or within its atrium, in the present and future time forever; and by a delegation, which we have already ordered to be made while in grave illness, neither any of our sons nor anyone else may have occasion on this account to attempt to oppose or resist our present will, and indeed neither a bishop nor an abbot may dare to take this away from those brothers, if he would avoid the wrath of God or the offense of the lord","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":97,"ref":"p97","source":"Dionysii non optat incurrere. Quod si aliquis hoc convelli conaverit, Domno ipso Deo teste hoc demandavimus [Dub., quod, Domino ipso Deo teste, demandavimus] fieri, ante tribunal Christi exinde rationem deducat, cum ipsis fratribus, et dum ex xenodochio non occurrimus facere de ipsis villis, vel Saclitas[Dub., Sarditas], quod «antea ad ipsos fratres fuit a nobis deputatum, juxta quod in reliquo de ratione basilice alimenta recipiunt, si ratio compensatur, valde victus annualis de hoc eis, Deo donante, poterit sufficere, ut semper pro anima nostra et ipsos matricularios et successores eorum nostra pascat eleemosina, quo potius delectet eis pro nobis semper orare; et dum jam nos isto precepto minime subscribere potuimus, quia in manu nostra trepidabat ille calamus, propterea rogavimus ut dulcissimus filius noster Clodoveus rex, per Signaculum nominis sui, ipsam cartam affirmaret, et Dado eam offerat, et optimates nostri eam subscriberent. Signum gloriosi domni Clodovei regis a. Dado [Dubl., Ego Dado], jubente antefato domno Dagoberto rege presente, preceptum firmavi vel obtuli. Signum A. viro illustri, Waldeberto senescalco, quod Ragnegiselus sig. [Dub., senescallo: signum Ragnegiselli]. Signum A. Frannegiselus b. Signum vir illuster Austrapio cubiculario c. Datum VII decimo Kal. Octobris, anno XVI regni nostri, Clipiaco, in Dei nomine, feliciter. Amen. [Dubl.","english":"...to incur the displeasure of Dionysius. But if anyone shall have attempted to annul this, with the Lord God himself as witness—this we have commanded to be done—let him render account thereof before the tribunal of Christ, together with those same brothers; and since from the xenodochium we do not fail to provide from those same villas, or the Saclitas, what was formerly assigned by us to those same brothers, according as in the remainder of the account of the basilica they receive provisions, if the account is balanced, a very ample yearly sustenance from this will be able, God granting, to suffice for them, so that our alms may always feed both the matricularii and their successors for the sake of our soul, that it may the more please them always to pray for us; and since we were by no means able to subscribe this precept with our own hand, because that pen trembled in our hand, therefore we have asked that our most sweet son King Clovis should confirm that same charter by the seal of his name, and that Dado should offer it, and that our magnates should subscribe it. The sign of the glorious lord King Clovis. I, Dado, by command of the aforesaid lord King Dagobert, present, have confirmed and offered the precept. The sign of A., the illustrious man Waldebert the seneschal, which Ragnegiselus [sealed]. The sign of A. Frannegiselus. b. The sign of the illustrious man Austrapio the chamberlain. c. Given on the seventeenth day before the Kalends of October, in the sixteenth year of our reign, at Clichy, in the name of God, happily. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":98,"ref":"p98","source":"addit.: Ego Ermenulfus scripsi.]\n\nXXXV.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo villam Esterpiniacum donat basilicae sancti Dionysii (ann. 637).\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster, omnibus agentibus [Dub., agentibus nostris] presentibus et futuris. Optabilem esse oportet de transitoria [Dub., transitoriis] promerere eterna, vel de caduca substantia erogandum [Dub., eroganda], lucrari gaudia sempiterna. Igitur nos rem ipsam considerantes, prout in eternum vel in aliquantulum mercamur justorum esse consortes, villam cui nomen est Stirpiniacum [Dub., Esterpiniacum], sitam in pago Vulcasino, eam cum omni integritate vel meritum [Dub., merito] ad basilicam domni Dionysii martyris, peculiaris patroni nostri, ubi ipse preciosus domnus in corpore requiescit, et venerabilis vir, Aigulfus abbas, custos preesse videtur, ideo quod ibidem (Deest. ap. Dub.","english":"I, Ermenulfus, wrote this.\n\nXXXV.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants the estate of Esterpiniacum to the basilica of Saint Dionysius (year 637).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to all agents present and future. It is fitting that we deserve eternal things by means of transitory things, or that by dispensing from perishable substance we gain everlasting joys. Therefore we, considering this very matter, inasmuch as we deserve to be sharers with the righteous either forever or for a little while, [grant] the estate whose name is Stirpiniacum, situated in the district of Vulcasinum, with all its entirety or merit, to the basilica of the lord Dionysius the martyr, our particular patron, where that precious lord himself rests in body, and where the venerable man Abbot Aigulf is seen to preside as guardian, for the reason that there...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":99,"ref":"p99","source":"vox ibidem) devotissimus per tempora bona, propitiante Domino, impertire presentaliter plena devotione visi fuimus concessisse, jubentes etenim [Dub., jubentesque specialius ordinamus] ut villa antedicta cum omni integritate et soliditate, hoc est, domibus, edificiis, presidiis, mancipiis, colonis, inquilinis, accolabus, libertis, servis tam ibidem oriundis quam aliundis [Dub., ex aliunde] translatis, rusticis et urbanis, saltis atque subjunctis terris cultis et incultis, vineis, silvis, pratis, pascuis, aquis aquarumve decursibus, pecoribus, peculiis, mobile et immobile, omneque genus pecudum et in universum [Dub., universa] merita, appendiciis, adjacentiis, tam intra terminos quam et extra terminos, omnemque rem adexquisitas [Dub., exquisitam], quicquid dici adi aut nominare [Dub., nominari] potest, vel quod ab fisco nostro, presente nunc tempore, in Dei nomine possidetur, ex indulgentia nostra sint ad ipsam sanctam basilicam concessa: specialius ordinamus ut in postmodum ad ipsum sanctum locum vel clerum vel pauperes inibi consistentibus, pro regni stabilitate vel remedium anime nostre, absque ullius in postmodum refragatione, ejus temporibus delectet proficere quo fiat, ut dum nos ad clerum vel pauperes ad ipsum sanctum locum consistentibus substantia, vel in aliquantulum deputamus, pro intercessione antedicti domni Dionysii martyris apud Dominum ra futuro mercedem, quod","english":"...most devout in good times, with the Lord's favor, we have been seen to grant presently with full devotion, and indeed we order [Dub., and we ordain more especially] that the aforesaid estate, with all its entirety and solidity, that is, with houses, buildings, strongholds, slaves, coloni, tenants, cottagers, freedmen, servants both born there and transferred from elsewhere [Dub., from another place], rural and urban, with woods and adjoining lands cultivated and uncultivated, vineyards, forests, meadows, pastures, waters and the courses of waters, cattle, chattels, movable and immovable, and every kind of livestock and in general [Dub., all] dues, appurtenances, adjacent properties, both within the boundaries and beyond the boundaries, and every thing most carefully acquired [Dub., acquired], whatever can be spoken or named [Dub., named], or whatever from our fisc, at the present time, is held in God's name, be granted by our indulgence to that same holy basilica: we ordain more especially that hereafter, for the stability of the realm and the remedy of our soul, it may please [them] to benefit in his times that same holy place, or the clergy or the poor dwelling therein, without any hindrance from anyone hereafter, so that, while we assign substance, even in some small measure, to the clergy or the poor dwelling at that same holy place, through the intercession of the aforesaid lord Dionysius the martyr before the Lord, we may receive a reward in the future, which","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":100,"ref":"p100","source":"agerentur e. Et ut hec concessio auctoritatis nostre, tam per presentium quam succedentium tempora inviolabilem capiat firmitatem, manus nostre subscriptionibus inferam, ut diximus, propria annotatione ista ducimus adumbrare f. Vir illuster Dagobertus subscripsit. Data sub die Kal. Octobris, anno V regni, Sauriciagore a.\n\nXXXVI.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo donat monasterio sancti Dionysii villam de Giuretis (ann. 637).\n\nDagobertus, Dei gratia Francorum rex. Antequam nos vite nostre preveniat dissolutio, et quamdiu jure primi parentis nobis hic peregrina conceditur mansio, quia est nostris profiscuum animabus et salubre, oportet ut sanctas Dei ecclesias presentium bonorum amplificemus largitatem [Dub., largitate], quibus nemo potitur permansum, sed labenti tempore quatinus sic noster immortalis spiritus, mortalem cum exuerit hominem, felicem et immarcessibilem obtinere se gaudeat gloriam [Dub., tripudiet obtinere se gloriam]. Quapropter ego.","english":"...were to be conducted. And so that this concession of our authority may obtain inviolable firmness both through present and through succeeding times, I bring in the subscriptions of my hand, as I have said, and I have decided to outline these things with my own annotation. The illustrious man Dagobert subscribed. Given on the Kalends of October, in the fifth year of his reign, at Sauriciagore.\n\nXXXVI.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to the monastery of Saint Dionysius the estate of Giuretis (year 637).\n\nDagobert, by the grace of God king of the Franks. Before the dissolution of our life comes upon us, and as long as by the right of the first parent this pilgrim dwelling is granted to us here, because it is profitable and salutary for our souls, it is fitting that we enlarge the holy churches of God with the generosity of present goods, which no one possesses as lasting, but in fleeting time, so that thus our immortal spirit, when it has put off the mortal man, may rejoice to obtain happy and unfading glory. Wherefore I.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":101,"ref":"p101","source":"cum mihi corporalia defecerint juvamina, ut merear collocari in requie perpetua, filii nec non uxor mea, monachis monasterii patroni nostri sancti Dionysii, in quo corpus ejus requiescit, et nos recondi tumulo cupimus termino depositionis, ubi preesse videtur abbas Astulfus [Dub., Aygulfus abba], villam Gyuretis [Dub., de Giurettis] vocitatam, cum adjacentiis suis, jure perpetuo annuimus habendam, que sita est in Bituricensi pago, duobus millibus a Caro fluvio distat. Et si quevis [Dub., quis] prepotens persona villam depopulando pretioso martyri Dionysio intulerit damna, vel quislibet regum in regni solio nobis succedentium in suum si maluerit revocare dominium, Dei et martyris patiatur iram, cujus donando ditamus ecclesiam. Hoc autem donum, ut multo magis sit firmum, et per futura tempora posteris non videatur apocrifum, cartaque hec firmiorem obtineat vigorem, signo nostre manus roborari atque confirmari decrevimus.","english":"Since bodily aids have failed me, so that I may deserve to be placed in eternal rest, I have granted by perpetual right to the monks of the monastery of our patron Saint Dionysius, in which his body rests, that the villa called Gyuretis, with its appurtenances, be held—for my sons as well as my wife and myself, whom we desire to be laid in the tomb at the end of our deposition—where the abbot Astulfus is seen to preside; which villa is situated in the territory of Bituriges, two miles from the river Caro. And if any very powerful person, laying waste the villa, has brought losses upon the precious martyr Dionysius, or if any of the kings succeeding us on the royal throne should prefer to revoke it into his own dominion, let him suffer the wrath of God and of the martyr whose church we enrich by this gift. But so that this gift may be much more firm, and may not seem apocryphal to posterity through future times, and so that this charter may obtain stronger force, we have decreed that it be strengthened and confirmed by the sign of our hand.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":102,"ref":"p102","source":"Signum Dagoberti regis. Signum Clodovei [Dub., Chloudouvii] filii sui. Signum Eligii aurificis sui. Signum Dadonis cancellarii sui. Signum Geremari [Dub., Geremari abbatis]. Signum Aistulfi [Dub., Aygulfi] abbatis.\n\nDatum sub die Kal. Decembris [Dub., Septembris], anno XXX regni nostri. Actum Spinogilo villa, feliciter, in Dei nomine, amen.\n\nXXXVII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo jubet filios mancipiorum aut servorum monasterii sancti Dionysii sub lege mancipiorum ecclesiasticorum in perpetuum cum prole sua mancipio subjici (ann. 637).·\n\nDagobertus, rex Francorum, vir illuster, omnibus episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, ducibus, vicariis, centenariis, auctoribus [Dub., actoribus], judicibus, et cunctis in universo Francorum regno principatum agentibus. Si ea que ad reverentiam locorum sanctorum Dei, et testamentum mancipiorum ad ea pertinentium adtinere videntur, regia censura decernimus, juste quidem agere videmur, ac proinde nos habituros eterne renumerationis apud Deum mercedem sine dubio speramus.","english":"Sign of King Dagobert. Sign of Clovis his son. Sign of Eligius his goldsmith. Sign of Dado his chancellor. Sign of Geremar. Sign of Aistulf the abbot.\n\nGiven on the Kalends of December, in the thirtieth year of our reign. Done at the villa of Spinogilum, happily, in the name of God, amen.\n\nXXXVII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he orders that the sons of slaves or servants of the monastery of Saint Dionysius be subjected in perpetuity, together with their offspring, to the status of ecclesiastical slaves (year 637).\n\nDagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man, to all bishops, abbots, counts, dukes, vicars, centenaries, agents, judges, and to all who exercise authority throughout the whole kingdom of the Franks. If we decree by royal judgment those things which are seen to pertain to reverence for the holy places of God, and the testament concerning the slaves belonging to them, we appear indeed to act justly, and therefore we hope without doubt to have the reward of eternal recompense with God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":103,"ref":"p103","source":"Quapropter, presentium atque futurorum sagacitas noverit quod, ad petitionem domni Chunaldi, venerabilis abbatis, et fratrum monachorum monasterii sancti ac beatissimi peculiaris patroni nostri domni Dionysii martyris, ubi ipse domnus in corpore requiscit, una cum suis preclaris sociis Rustico et Eleutherio martyribus, de copulationibus mancipiorum, servorum et ancillarum, et eorumdem sanctorum venerabilium martyrum, et aliorum omnium universaliter hominum in toto regno a Deo nobis commisso consistentium, seu etiam nostrorum seu quorumlibet hominum cujuscumque dignitatis, ordinis et potestatis, extiterint, hanc per hoc nostre dignitatis preceptum constituentes, sancimus ut amodo, per omnia seculi presentis futura tempora, quicumque mancipiorum, sive servorum et ancillarum prefatorum martyrum, sive masculus, sive femina, qualicumque pacto, seu legitimo seu furtivo complexu prolem genuerit, ediderit atque propagaverit, ex tunc et semper, absque participe vel divisore quolibet, inrefragabiliter ad supradictorum sanctorum martyrum potestatem cum omni prole sua revocentur atque subdantur lege [Dub., et lege] mancipiorum ecclesiasticorum, sub prefati abbatis et successorum illius monachorum in jam dicto monasterio Deo servientium ditionem perpetualiter mancipentur.","english":"Wherefore let the discernment of those present and future know that, at the petition of the lord Chunaldis, venerable abbot, and of the brothers, the monks of the monastery of our holy and most blessed particular patron, the lord Dionysius the martyr, where the same lord rests in body together with his illustrious companions the martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius, concerning the unions of bondservants, slaves, and maidservants, both of these same holy venerable martyrs and universally of all other persons throughout the whole kingdom committed to us by God, whether they be ours or those of any persons whatsoever of whatever dignity, order, or power, establishing this by this precept of our dignity, we decree that henceforth, through all the future times of this present age, whoever of the bondservants, whether of the slaves and maidservants of the aforesaid martyrs, whether male or female, shall have conceived, brought forth, and propagated offspring by whatever pact, whether by lawful or by secret union, from then and forever, without any sharer or divider whatsoever, they shall be irrevocably recalled and subjected, together with all their offspring, to the power of the aforesaid holy martyrs under the law of ecclesiastical bondservants, and shall be perpetually bound to the dominion of the aforesaid abbot and of his successors, the monks serving God in the said monastery.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":104,"ref":"p104","source":"Si quis vero contra hoc mee majestatis decretum presumpserit, et quod amore justitie decernimus infrigerit, et quoquo pacto violaverit, legibus artatus, auri purissimi decem libras, ac argenti probatissimi pondo viginti, ad pensum nostri palatii solvere cogatur, et eorumdem mancipiorum, si liber est, teneatur; si vero servus, idem solvat, et centum quinquaginta ictibus in publico coram judicibus feriatur. Ut vero hoc nostre preceptionis decretum inconcussum permaneat, atque pleniorem vigorem accipiens inviolabiliter per futura tempora conservetur, nostre dignitatis annulo insigniri precepimus. Datum anno X a regni domni nostri [nostri deest apud Dub.] Dagoberti gloriosissimi Francorum regis. Dado, regie dignitatis cancellarius, recognovit, legi et relegi [Dub,, legit et relegit].\n\nXXXVIII.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo confirmatur charta precaria Sigranni, abbatis Anisolensis, et Hadoindi Cenomanensis episcopi, de monasterio Anisolensi (ann. 637).","english":"If anyone, however, shall presume to act against this decree of my majesty, and shall break what we decree out of love of justice, and shall violate it in any way, let him be constrained by the laws and compelled to pay ten pounds of purest gold and twenty pounds' weight of most approved silver, by the weight of our palace, and let him be bound [to make restitution] for the same slaves, if he is a free man; but if he is a slave, let him pay the same and be struck with one hundred and fifty lashes in public before the judges. But so that this decree of our precept may remain unshaken, and receiving fuller force may be preserved inviolably for future times, we have ordered it to be marked with the seal of our dignity. Given in the tenth year of the reign of our lord Dagobert, most glorious king of the Franks. Dado, chancellor of the royal dignity, has acknowledged, I have read and reread it.\n\nXXXVIII.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which is confirmed the precarial charter of Sigrannus, abbot of Anisola, and of Hadoindus, bishop of Cenomanum, concerning the monastery of Anisola (year 637).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":105,"ref":"p105","source":"Dagobertus, rex Francorum, vir inluster. Si ea quae opportunitatibus ecclesiarum vel sacerdotum pertinent libenter praestamus, vel ad effectum perducimus, retributorem Dominum exinde habere confidimus, et nobis ad mercedem vel stabilitatem regni nostri in Dei nomine pertinere confidimus. Igitur compertum sit omnibus fidelibus nostris praesentibus et futuris, quia miserunt ad nostram clementiam Hadoindus Cenomannis urbis venerabilis episcopus, et Sigrannus, abbas de monasterio Anisolae, quorum missi nobis innotuerunt, et per epistolas praedictorum virorum adsensum et deprecationem confirmaverunt, dicentes eo quod praedictum monasteriolum Anisolae per titulum precariae supplicasset praedictus Sigrannus abbas, ad suum supra citatum Hadoindum episcopum, in quo etiam monasteriolo domnus Karileffus corpore requiescit, quod et ipse construxit, et in dedicatione ecclesiae domno Innocente, praefatae urbis episcopo, per strumenta cartarum tradidit, quod etiam in beneficium per precariam jam dictus abbas a supradicto Hadoindo adeptum habet. Unde et scriptum precariarum nobis eorum missi ostenderunt, in quibus continebatur qualiter praefatum mo nasteriolum a memorato episcopo jam dictus abbas petisset, atque ab eo beneficiario jure diebus vitae suae percepisset, et ob rei firmitatem censum ei per singulos annos solvere spopondisset, id est, ad lumen matris ecclesiae IIII lib.","english":"Dagobert, king of the Franks, illustrious man. If we willingly bestow or bring to effect those things which pertain to the needs of churches or of priests, we trust to have the Lord as recompenser thereof, and we trust that it pertains to us for reward and for the stability of our kingdom in the name of God. Therefore let it be known to all our faithful, present and future, that Hadoind, venerable bishop of the city of Cenomannis, and Sigrannus, abbot of the monastery of Anisola, have sent to our clemency; whose messengers made known to us, and by the letters of the aforesaid men they confirmed their assent and petition, saying that the aforesaid little monastery of Anisola the aforesaid abbot Sigrannus had petitioned by title of precaria from his above-mentioned bishop Hadoind, in which little monastery also the lord Karileffus rests in body, which he himself also constructed, and at the dedication of the church handed over to the lord Innocent, bishop of the aforesaid city, by instruments of charters, which also the said abbot has obtained in benefice by precaria from the above-said Hadoind. Whence also the messengers of these men showed us the writing of the precariae, in which it was contained how the said abbot had petitioned the aforesaid little monastery from the remembered bishop, and had received it from him by beneficiary right for the days of his life, and for the firmness of the matter had promised to pay him a census each year, that is, four pounds for the light of the mother church.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":106,"ref":"p106","source":"de cera, et ad opus fratrum canonicorum in praedicta civitate Deo militantium, in coena Domini, plenum modium de ovis, et plenas buticulas paratas de optimo vino, et ad opus episcopi cambuttam unam et duos subtalares per singulos annos, partibus memorati episcopi, vel rectorum ejus persolvere debuisset. Petentes ergo ad nostram miserunt celsitudinem epistolas ambo et missos, ut super precariam memorati antistitis, gratia firmitatis, fecissemus praeceptum, per quod monasteriolum praedictum memoratus Sigrannus abbas tutum et securum, dum advixerit, tenere et possidere cum omni integritate vel supraposito valeret. Proinde banc nostram auctoritatem memoratis venerabilibus viris fieri jussimus, per quam praecipimus atque jubemus ut praescriptum monasteriolum, sicut memorato abbati a supra memorato venerabili Hadoindo episcopo sibi beneficiario ordine collatum est, ita deinceps in ejus beneficiaria dominatione permaneat, et suprascriptum censum partibus rectorum ejusdem Cenomannicae sedis, absque ulla dilatione, persolvere studeat; post ejus vero dicessum, ad ejus et potestatem memorata; urbis Cenomannicae matris ecclesiae, a qua in beneficium illud accepisse dinoscitur, absque ullius detentione aut contrarietate revertatur, ut rectores ejusdem sanctae ecclesiae, quidquid de eo jure ecclesiastico disponere voluerint, faciant.","english":"of wax, and for the use of the canonical brothers serving God in the aforesaid city, on the Lord's Supper, a full measure of eggs, and full casks prepared of the best wine, and for the use of the bishop one cambutta and two subtalares each year, to be paid to the parts of the remembered bishop, or of his rectors. Therefore, both sent letters and messengers to our highness, asking that, concerning the precaria of the remembered bishop, for the sake of firmness, we should make a precept, through which the remembered abbot Sigrannus might be able to hold and possess the aforesaid little monastery, safe and secure, as long as he lives, with all integrity and with what is placed upon it. Accordingly, we ordered this our authority to be made for the remembered venerable men, through which we command and order that the aforesaid little monastery, just as it was conferred in beneficiary order by the above-remembered venerable bishop Hadoindus to the remembered abbot for himself, so hereafter may it remain in his beneficiary dominion, and let him strive to pay the above-written census to the parts of the rectors of the same see of Cenomannum, without any delay; but after his departure, let it revert to the power of the remembered mother church of the city of Cenomannum, from which it is known to have received that in benefice, without the detention or opposition of anyone, so that the rectors of the same holy church may do whatever they wish to dispose of concerning it by ecclesiastical law.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]},{"i":107,"ref":"p107","source":"Et ut haec auctoritas firmior habeatur, vel per tempora conservetur, manus nostrae subscriptionibus subter eam decrevimus roborare.\n\nXXXIX.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo ecclesiae sancti Dionysii donut ecclesiam de Plumbata, et alias ecclesias plurimas, cum appenditiis; ac eidem privilegia concedit·c (ann. 637).\n\nNovimus a predecessoribus fuisse decretum patribus, ut quecumque fierent posteriorum memorie profutura scripto commendarentur, ne oblivionis caligine supprimerentur. Quapropter ego Dagobertus, Dei gratia Francorum rex, notum volo fieri omnibus, tam futuris quam presentibus, quod ecclesie beatorum martyrum Dionysii, Rustici et Eleutherii de Francia, damus et concedimus, nostrorum consilio optimatum, et assensu domni Ansoaldi, Pictavorum episcopi, et aliorum tam archiepiscoporum quam episcoporum, ecclesiam de Plumbata, ecclesiam scilicet quam in honore beate Marie semper virginis, et sanctorum angelorum, beati confessores Ursinus, Martialis, Lucianus [Cacianus] et Julianus composuerunt, eandem vero ecclesiam ipsi angeli Deo consecraverunt; ecclesiam dico que est inter duas valles, sita prope aquam que dicitur Vigenna [Vigona], supradictis martyribus libere servitio [liberam et ab omni servitio] absolutam concedimus.","english":"And so that this authority may be held more firmly, and preserved through the ages, we have decreed to strengthen it by the subscriptions of our own hands beneath it.\n\nXXXIX.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which he grants to the church of Saint Dionysius the church of Plumbata, and many other churches, with their appurtenances; and concedes privileges to the same (year 637).\n\nWe know that it was decreed by our predecessors among the fathers that whatever was done for the benefit of the memory of later generations should be committed to writing, lest it be suppressed by the darkness of oblivion. Wherefore I, Dagobert, by the grace of God king of the Franks, wish it to be made known to all, both future and present, that to the church of the blessed martyrs Dionysius, Rusticus and Eleutherius of Francia, we give and concede, by the counsel of our nobles and with the assent of lord Ansoald, bishop of the Pictavi, and of others, both archbishops and bishops, the church of Plumbata—that is, the church which they established in honor of the blessed Mary ever virgin, and of the holy angels, and of the blessed confessors Ursinus, Martialis, Lucianus [Cacianus] and Julianus; and indeed the angels themselves consecrated that same church to God; I say the church which lies between two valleys, situated near the water called Vigenna [Vigona]—we concede it to the aforesaid martyrs, free and absolved from every service.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":108,"ref":"p108","source":"Rursum notificamus presentibus et futuris supradictis martyribus, vineas, terras et prata, cum aquis et nemoribus, servis et ancillis, in eodem loco dedisse. Nolo vos preterea latere, quod quicumque, sive liber, sive servus, sive quolibet crimine damnatus, intra metas quo [quas] ego posui in loco qui dicitur Aula, usque ad alium locum qui dicitur Ternant, sicut indicat supradicta aqua, et terra sancti Martini, et beate Radegundis, quicumque, inquam, sive a duello, sive indigena, latro, fur, homicida, refugium quesierint, liber et immunis a quacumque persecutorum infestatione evadat: preterea manifestum sit omnibus eos qui intra predictum locum manserint nulli nisi soli Deo et monachis ecclesie debere obsequi. De limus etiam supradictis martyribus ecclesiam sancti Hylarii de intra Annam [Amnem], cum terris et decimis et aquis. Item in eodem loco qui dicitur Cursous [Cursona), ecclesias nostras, scilicet ecclesiam sanctorum martyrum Gervasii et Prothasii, et aliam in honore beati Martini, et a fonte qui dicitur Benedicta usque ad locum qui Claustrum vocatur, totam terram et aquam que Voda vocatur, et molendinum de Cumignech, et terram de Bosnay, cum servis et ancillis et decimis. Item terram de Laingniaco[Lingniaco], et ecclesiam beati Hylarii, cum terris et pratis et decimis.","english":"Again we notify those present and those future that we have given to the aforesaid martyrs vineyards, lands, and meadows, with waters and woods, male and female slaves, in that same place. I do not wish it to escape you besides, that whoever, whether free or slave, or condemned for whatever crime, within the boundaries which I have set in the place called Aula, up to the other place called Ternant, as the aforesaid water indicates, and the land of Saint Martin and of blessed Radegund—whoever, I say, whether from a feud or a native, thief, robber, or murderer, shall seek refuge, let him go forth free and immune from any harassment of persecutors; moreover let it be manifest to all that those who shall have stayed within the aforesaid place owe obedience to no one but God alone and the monks of the church. Concerning the boundaries also, we have given to the aforesaid martyrs the church of Saint Hilary within the Annis, with lands and tithes and waters. Likewise in the same place which is called Cursous, our churches, namely the church of the holy martyrs Gervasius and Protasius, and another in honor of blessed Martin, and from the spring which is called Benedicta up to the place which is called Claustrum, all the land and water which is called Voda, and the mill of Cumignech, and the land of Bosnay, with male and female slaves and tithes. Likewise the land of Laingniacum, and the church of blessed Hilary, with lands and meadows and tithes.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":109,"ref":"p109","source":"Dedimus ex alia parte Vienne aque sanctis martyribus quarum vicum [aquae Vigennae vicum] nostrum Ingrandisse, cum ecclesiis scilicet apostolorum Petri et Pauli et sancti Apoliti martyris, cum terris et decimis, servis et ancillis. Item super eandem Viennam [Vigennam], ecclesiam sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli de Dangeo, cum terris et decimis et servis. Item nostrum fiscum de Odriaco, et ecclesiam sancti Sulpicii, cum terris et pratis et decimis et servis, cum vicariis. Item terram de Maleredo, cum pratis et vineis et nemoribus, servis et ancillis et vicariis; et alterum Laingniacum [Lingniacum], et ecclesiam beati Remigii. Item in pago Turonensi, Antigniacum et ecclesiam sancti Vincentii super Vigennam, et terram de Selignech, cum terris, decimis et servis. Item in eodem territorio terram de Pleis, cum ecclesia sancit Silvestri, et terram de Buymet. Ut igitur omnis adversariorum calumpnia sopita sileat, et omnis malignorum omnium infestatio damnata abscedat, gratia memorie placuit nobis hoc scriptum sigillo nostro confirmare.","english":"We have given, on the other side, at Vienne, to the holy martyrs, the waters of which our village of Ingrandes [the village of the waters of the Vigenna] is a part, together with the churches, namely, of the apostles Peter and Paul and of the holy martyr Apolitus, with lands and tithes, male and female slaves. Likewise, upon the same Vienne [Vigenna], the church of the holy apostles Peter and Paul of Dange, with lands and tithes and slaves. Likewise our fisc of Odriac, and the church of Saint Sulpicius, with lands and meadows and tithes and slaves, together with the vicars. Likewise the land of Malered, with meadows and vineyards and woods, male and female slaves and vicars; and the other Laigniacum [Ligniacum], and the church of the blessed Remigius. Likewise in the district of Tours, Antigniacum and the church of Saint Vincent upon the Vigenna, and the land of Selignech, with lands, tithes and slaves. Likewise in the same territory the land of Pleis, with the church of Saint Silvester, and the land of Buymet. Therefore, that all the calumny of adversaries may be lulled to silence, and that all the hostility of all the wicked may depart condemned, by the grace of memory it has pleased us to confirm this writing with our seal.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":110,"ref":"p110","source":"XL.\n\nDiploma Dagoberti I, regis Francorum, quo, ad preces Auberti, Cameracensis episcopi, dena multa confert oratorio beatae Maria (ann. 637).\n\nIn nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti, amen. Ammonente ac dicente Filio Dei: Date eleemosinam, et ecce omnia munda sunt vobis; idcirco ego Dagobertus, Austrasiorum rex, pro anima patris mei karissimi Lotharii, Francorum regis augustissimi, monitis salutaribus viri venerabilis et consanguinei mei Auberti, Kamaracensis episc., inductus, concedo et dono piissimis fratribus oratorii beatae Mariae regales fiscos duos, OEnengium, et Karubium, cum omnibus suis appenditiis, id est utriusque sexus slavis et mancipiis, villis, terris, silvis, pratis, aquis aquarumque decursibus, etc.; item villam Buriacam, villam Haidem, et ex parte villas Halogin, et Gleviam, etc.; idem do et trado eccles. sancti Petri Kamerac., in qua sanctissimus pater Vedastus canonicos constituit, fiscum Tilletum, villas Vinciacum et Harnam, cum appenditiis, etc., has donationes approbantibus palatii mei principibus et senioribus Arnulpho et Pipino. Ut autem haec nostra concessio, etc. Signum D. Dagoberti, regis Austrasiorum S. Arnulphi Metensis. S. Pipini Neustriensis, seniorum palatii. S. Ansonis, cancellarii, vice Cuniberti, archicancellar. recogno.... Data Kamaraci, XVII Kal. Maias, an D. I. sexcent. quadrag. ind. XIV.","english":"XL.\n\nDiploma of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, by which, at the prayers of Aubert, bishop of Cambrai, he confers many gifts upon the oratory of blessed Mary (year 637).\n\nIn the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Since the Son of God admonishes and says: Give alms, and behold, all things are clean to you; therefore I, Dagobert, king of the Austrasians, for the soul of my most beloved father Lothar, most august king of the Franks, moved by the salutary counsels of the venerable man and my kinsman Aubert, bishop of Cambrai, grant and give to the most pious brothers of the oratory of blessed Mary two royal fiscs, OEnengium and Karubium, with all their appurtenances, that is, slaves and bondmen of both sexes, villas, lands, woods, meadows, waters and the courses of waters, etc.; likewise the villa of Buriaca, the villa of Haide, and in part the villas of Halogin and Glevia, etc.; the same I give and hand over to the church of Saint Peter of Cambrai, in which the most holy father Vedastus established canons, the fisc of Tilletum, the villas of Vinciacum and Harna, with their appurtenances, etc., these donations being approved by the princes and elders of my palace, Arnulf and Pippin. But in order that this our concession, etc. The sign of D. Dagobert, king of the Austrasians. S. of Arnulf of Metz. S. of Pippin of Neustria, elders of the palace. S. of Anso, chancellor, in place of Cunibert, archchancellor, I have acknowledged.... Given at Cambrai, the seventeenth day before the Kalends of May, in the year of the Lord six hundred and forty, indiction XIV.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[],"ambiguities":[],"confidence":"","notes":[]}]}