ABSTRACT
F i f t e e n days after the King of Castile had departed from Montpellier the Lord King of Aragon went to the 1274 said Council,1 and his reception on entering the city of Lyons on the Rhdne was a mighty affair, for there was no king nor count, nor baron, nor cardinal, archbishop, bishop, or abbot, or prior, who did not issue forth to receive him ; and the King of Castile and his sons went out to meet him a day before all the others. And when they came to the Pope, he came out of his chamber and kissed him three times on the mouth, and said to him : “ Son, and mighty protector and defender of Holy Church, I bless you and welcome you.” And the King wanted to kiss his hand, but the Pope would not suffer it. And at once he invited him and his followers for the next day, a thing he had not done to any other king who had come to the Council. The said Lord King received more honour and gifts and favours from the Pope and from the cardinals and from the kings present than any other king who had come to the Council.
