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Charlemagne 143 hawks, falcons, and sparrow hawks, but each shall observe fully the canons or rule of his order. If any one shall pre- sume to violate this order, let him know that he shall lose his office ; and in addition he shall suffer such punishment for his offense that the others will be afraid to appropriate such things for themselves. . . . And we command that no one in our whole kingdom shall All shall pro- dare to deny hospitality either to rich or poor, or to pil- vide for the grims ; that is, no one shall deny shelter and fire and water to pilgrims traversing our country in God's name, or to any one traveling for the love of God or for the safety of his own soul. If, moreover, any one shall wish to serve them farther, let him expect the best reward from God, who him- self said, "And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me "; and elsewhere, " I was a stranger, and ye took me in." stranger. Concerning messengers coming from the lord emperor : the counts and centenarii shall provide most carefully, as they desire the grace of the lord emperor, for the missi who are sent out, so that they may go through their provinces without any delay. The emperor commands all, everywhere, to see to it that the missi are not hindered anywhere, but are sent forward with the utmost dispatch and provided with such things as they may require. . . . In our forests no one shall dare to steal our game. This has already been many times forbidden; we now again strictly forbid it for the future. If one would keep his fidelity pledged to us, let him take heed to his conduct. . . . Finally, we desire that all our commands should be made known throughout our whole realm by means of the missi now sent forth, whether these commands be directed to those connected with the Church bishops, abbots, priests, dea- cons, canons, monks or nuns with a view of securing the observance of our ban or decrees, or whether we would duly thank the citizens for their good will, or request them to furnish aid, or to correct some matter. . . . The counts to aid the missi. No one to disturb the royal game. Various pur poses of the orders sent out by the missi.