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 ADRIAN. bacy : for the monks, bring tired of the p-.ovcrnmer.f of a fo- reigner, bmt'^ht ace u Til ions a;; ii',(l .tini IK f,>ic j.. !S J1J, who afu r having examined dv ir complaint, and !.. .:rd the defence of Nichols, dcd.ircd him ir.-i c. nt : : however, gave the monks leave to cbule anoth ji but hcin^ fonliblc of th" vm^r mem of Nicholas, and ' ing he mi^ht be ferviceable tothe churc'h in a h'^hcr (Uii'.n, he created him oidinal-bilhrp of Alba, in 114.6. In 1141-, 1'tiwenius fenr him le^ic to Du: ,i:Mr!c and Nor- way, when, by his fervent preaching and dil'gcnt mftMic- tions, he converted thofe barbarous nations to the Chniti.ni / '. ; ',.'_'" faith: an.) we ;:re told, that he -. :ecl :d ihe t Ivjrch of Upfal Cav* Hifti inro an archiepilVopal fee. When he retained to Kome, he ! '. r : S-ec% was rcrcived try the p pe arj cardinals with n at marks of an . ,, ^ honour: ao rl pope Anaifafius, who fucceeded tuj;enius, hap- pening to die at this time, Nicholas was unanimouflv choltn to the holy fee, in Noven-sher, 1154, and tcck the name of Adrian. When '.he news of !-.is piomotion re-.ched EngianJ,^ king Henry II. fent Robert abbot of St. Alban's, and three bifbops, to Rome, to congratulate him on his eledion [E] ; upon which occ?fion Adri;m granted very confiderable privi- leges to the monaftery of St. Aiban's [rj. Next year, kin-r Henry having folicited the pope's confent, that he mighc un- dertake vileges of his abbey, whic^ had been in- Vrtiied by the bifhop of L n r oln. lie had brought with him fev.-r^i pretnis for fiis holinefs, and am n li i',,? rtft three rich mitres, and I'ome l^ndais, the work- manfhip of Chnftiana priorels of Mark- gate : Adrian accepted of the mitres and inndal", on accour.t nt" their excellent vvorkmanfhip, but refused the other prc- fents, faying, in a jocular manner, " I " will r.ot acce, t or' ; cur gifts, bfcaufr, " when 1 t'efired to take the habit in " Mxir monaftery, you rejefled me." " Sir," laid the abbo', ' we could by " no means ic'eive you, it beincr re. " pngnant to the will of God, r !io r e " providence refcrvr.d you for ; " things." The popt rfjliec," 1 th..i.i: " you for this polite an3 cblicirp an- " fwer : " and added, < Deareil at-t-. t. " aflc boldly whitever ;ou derlre j i " always be reat'y to ferve St .-' " who am n-yfe]f his dilViplc." S r days after, abtict Rnbt-rt, beine i:i pii- vate converfation with the ; giievous complaints concerning thrv- rious o;>; r- liions of the 1 i l.o f>l I, in. coin j which '.o roovtd his hvliner, ti -t be [D] The pope pioufly and r confulting thx good of both partis, laid, " I knowjbre'hien, where Satan fixts his abode ; I know wliat has raifed the hie fto'm amongft you : go, chufe a fupe- rior, with whom you may, or raiht-r will, live in peac? j as for this man, lie fliall be no longer a burden to you." Gul. Nfubrie ib. [E ] Htsholinefs receiverf the embaf- fadors with great marks of refpcft: when they had executed thiir commi'lion, the three bifliops returned home, leaving ab- bot Robert behind them. King Men^y fent the pope a letter by thofe embafla- <lors, expreffing his good wifhe;, ami how drfirous he was, that this prelate might anfwer the expeftations ot his flation, and that he rrrght atl vigoroufly for the intereft of Chriffendom, ^nd i'o govern the churches of God, that all fucceeding generations might ellerm hirr an honour to the country which gave him birth. Matt. Paris, ubi ftipra. [K] Abbot Robert being left at Bfne- ventum with the pope, thought he had now a favourable opportunity of enrtca - vaarin to recover fome dign.iti:: ap.d pri-