ask such vanities of a Bishop, nor is he bound to obey any such Orders from a King; that he could not believe, at first, the Letter came from his Majesty, and sends this Answer, that he may not any more, make such requests to him, or any other Bishop, if he desire they should retain a due esteem for his Majesty.
In the CCIIId, to Lisiard, Bishop of Soissons, he shews him, from good Authority, that he has a Right to demand of the Arch-Deacons of his Diocess, part of the profits due to the Bishop, which they have taken upon them to receive for themselves, both before and since his accession to the Bishoprick.
By the CCIVth, he informs Pope Paschal, that he had Excommunicated Guy of Puiset, for his Sacrilegious and outragious attempts against the Church of Chartres, and petitions his Holiness to Con∣firm the Excomunication, and to Order the Arch-Bishop of Sens and the Bishops of Paris and Orleans, to publish it in their Churches: he informs the Pope, likewise, of a difference between the Dean and Sub-Dean of Chartres, and prays him to compose it.
The CCVth Letter is written to a Knight, who suspected his Wife to have been with Child by ano∣ther man, because he had been absent from her seven days longer than is usual between the times of con∣ception and bringing forth, and because the person whom he suspected of being too familiar with her had been Burnt in passing the Tryal of Ordeal: As to the computation of Time, Ivo tells him, that ought not to sway him, since many Women goe much longer with Child, and, for the Tryal by fire, no heed is to be given to it, so that these two Reasons prove nothing against the honesty of his Wife, whose Oath and the good word of her Neighbours and Acquaintance ought fully to suffice in Vindica∣tion of her.
In the CCVIth Letter, to Hildebert, Bishop of Mans, he Examines, by what Method an Eccle∣siastick accus'd of Crimes or Misdemeanors is to purge himself; and says that, heretofore, his single Oath was sufficient, but that for better Security, the Oaths of six or seven other Clergymen have been re∣quir'd, together with that of the party's.
The CCVIIth is a Letter of Thanks to the Bishop of Worcester.
In the CCVIIIth Letter, Ivo reproves Geofrey, Abbot of Vendome, that, having quitted that place and retir'd into a private Cell, he entertains there Monks that are disobedient to and abuse their Abbot, and that he hinders those who hold Estates of the Abbot from doing homage to him.
In the CCIXth he represents to Hugh, Earl of Troyes, that the Consultation intended to be held at Sens about the validity of the King's Marriage with the Marquess Boniface's Daughter, the Earls Kinswoman, will neither be honourable, nor of any advantage to her: It will be to no purpose, because the Marriage will certainly be declar'd Null by the Bishops and Lords of the Realm; nor will it be for her honour, because it will occasion the illegitimacy of her Birth to be talk'd of; so that, Ivo ad∣vises the Earl to hinder, if he can, all debates about that matter.
In the CCXth he writes Pope Paschal word that Odo, Bishop of Cambray, complains of his Holi∣ness, for turning out of the Arch-Deaconry of his Church, one who was a zealous friend of the Holy See, and putting in one who is an Enemy to it.
In the CCXIth, to Ralph, Arch-Bishop of Rheims, he deduces the Genealogies of the Earl of Flan∣ders, and the Daughter of the Earl of Rennes, to shew they are nearly Related.
The CCXIIth to Geofrey Bishop of Beauvais, is about the validity of a Donation granted to the Monastery of St. Simphorien.
In the CCXIIIth, to John Bishop of Orleans, he proves that the Regular Clergy may have Cure of Souls and Parishes committed to them.
In the CCXIVth, to Bruno, Arch-Bishop of Treves, he bemoans the sad State of Religion, under the unhappy divisions between the Church and the Civil Government.
The CCXVth is a Letter of compliment and friendship, to Thomas, Arch-Bishop of York.
In the CCXVIth, and CCXVIIth Letters, he give Richard, Bishop of Albane, Legate of the Holy See, an account of the dispute between the Monks of Bonneval and those of Blois, which he tells him he had us'd his best endeavours to accommodate, but could not yet effect it.
In the CCXVIIIth, he writes, to Gualon, Bishop of Paris, that the Canon of that Church, who had lately been Married, ought to loose his preferment and be degraded from being a Clergy-man, but that his Marriage must remain good and valid.
In the CCXIXth, he justifies himself, to Pope Paschal, for having divided part of a Prebend of his Church among the Canons, by dayly distributions, for the Encouragement of such as assisted, con∣stantly, in performing Divine Service.
In the CCXXth, to Hildebert, Bishop of Mans, he shews, that when an appeal is made from one Judge to another, the party concern'd is, within five days after he appeals, to get a Letter from the first Judge to the other he appeals to, who is not else oblig'd to take cognizance of the Matter. He asserts, also, in this Letter, that it is not in the power of any Bishop, to give up the Estate of a Reli∣gious Society to the sole disposal of the Abbot.
In the CCXXIst Letter, to John Bishop of Orleans, concerning a free-man's having Married a Slave, without knowing her to be so; Ivo says that, by the Civil Law, the Marriage is void, and he may quit her and marry another Woman; but that, by the Laws of God and of Nature, they ought to keep to∣gether, or at least, if he put her away he may not marry again.
In the CCXXIId, to the Clergy of Autun, he inquires, if a Woman that has been guilty of Adul∣tery, must necessarily be Divorc'd from her husband, and concludes that in strictness, she ought; but, by the wisdom of the Gospel, such a Temper was prescrib'd as may reconcile her to her husband.
In the CCXXIIId, to Owen, Bishop of Eureux, he perswades him to Excommunicate and deny Christian Burial, to such as embezil the Patrimony of the Church.