32. TO LANFRANC,: Archbishop Of Canterbury.
The Letters of St. Anselm
32. TO LANFRANC,
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
Anselm expresses his delight to Archbishop Lanfranc about their mutual joy at young Lanfranc's entry at Bee, recommends Maurice of Bee to the Archbishop's care and asks that his headache be treated by Albert the physician.
TO HIS REVEREND LORD LANFRANC, A FATHER TRULY LOVABLE
AND TRULY LOVED, ESTEEMED ARCHBISHOP OF MOTHER CHURCH1:
BROTHER ANSELM, [WHO] IS HIS, AND WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT,
WHOLLY SO.
WHENEVER YOU ARE PLEASED that something pleases me, this is particularly pleasing to me; and whatever was pleasing at first becomes even more pleasing. You indicat ed that you were happy about the fact that I—not to men tion the others—received our dearest friend, your nephew, with great joy. I am, therefore, quite delighted at this joy of yours; and the joy I felt concerning our afore-mentioned friend has been renewed by growing, although it always thrives. And I am even more pleased to realize that it has turned out according to your wish—and indeed I am not ashamed to admit that I had this mainly in mind when I received him.
With regard to Maurice2, my lord in merits, my brother in faith, my son in custody, whom you took away for your self from him by whom he was loved more than by anyone else and whom he loved more than anyone else; judge for yourself what you owe him. Indeed no matter how worth less it may be that he loves in such a way and is loved by such a person, you certainly owe him this: that he not love less and not be loved less by anyone. Since, therefore, 1 know the integrity of your justice and you know our mutual affection, we shall refrain from any recommendation about him. As regards his headache, I particularly beg your kind ness, insofar as I can, for God's sake and the reward of eter nal salvation, that at your insistence he be examined and treated by our beloved friend, lord Albert the physician,3 as much as he can. c. 1073.