93. To Prior Henry.
The Letters of St. Anselm fact, just as the charity which we always owe to one another makes us prepared to obey, so it renders us confident in making a request. Wherefore, trusting in the precept of char ity, with my experience of your kindness and in the knowledge of our will, I commend to your paternal charity and charitable paternity our brothers, whom we are send ing to England,2 so that, whenever necessary, they may be sustained by your help and guided by your counsel. May their lives be examined by your diligence and approved or corrected by your criticism. c. 1080.
NOTES 1. Baldwin was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds from 1065-1097/8. Born at Chartres he was a monk of Saint Denis, Prior of Leberaw (Germany) and Deerhurst, as well as physician to King Edward the Confessor; see Heads, 32.
2. See Epp 90, 91, 93, 94.
93. TO PRIOR HENRY.
Anselm assures Prior Henry at Christ Church, Canterbury, of their mutual frater nal love and recommends the monks he is sending to Saint Neots to his charity.
TO HIS LORD AND DEAREST BROTHER HENRY1: BROTHER ANSELM
SENDS GREETING.
EVEN THOUGH MY FRATERNITY addresses your chari ty only very rarely by letter, yet in no way does my love grow cool in my mind. Once love is born for good reason between reasonable men, it can never be extinguished as long as that root is alive. Wherefore, neither I nor you should be in doubt about our mutual love, even though we can not enjoy each other's company. But we should always persevere in the certitude of its existence as long as we hold on to the unchangeable cause of its origin.