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150 INVESTITURE.
mine," was the feeling which rankled in his breast.
And so pressing the Archbishop to come to terms
with the Holy See, but wishing in his secret mind
to be rid of Anselm at all costs, he succeeded in
gaining time, and in imposing a second exile upon
the Primate. Whilst Henry was ruthlessly bent 011
exposing the frail old man to the fatigues of a Rome-
ward journey, he meanwhile despatched a special
messenger of his own-that same William of Veraval
whom William Kufus had employed on a similar
errand-and this wily diplomatist was to leave no
stone unturned, no means untried, to secure the
right of investiture for his royal master.
Pope Urban II. had gone to his rest, and Paschal
II. had succeeded him in the Chair of Peter. Once
more the King of England's claims were exposed to
the Holy Father, and the King of England's envoy,
flushed and elated with his own powers of oratory,
went so far as to state that " not for the forfeit of his
kingdom will my lord the King of the English suffer
himself to lose Church investiture ". Then Pope
Paschal replied : "If, as you say, your king, for the
forfeit of his kingdom, will not suffer himself to relinquish
Church donations, know this-and I say it
before God-that not for the ransom of his life will
Pope Paschal ever let him e have them ".* Anselm,
I
before starting, had fully known the mind of the
Holy See ; and Henry, who was equally acquainted
with it, wras only concerned to treat it as non avenu,
1 Rule, ii. 312.