[86] Garnier (Hippeau), pp. 30–32. Will. Cant. (Robertson, _Becket_, vol. i.), pp. 12, 13. E. Grim (_ib._ vol. ii.), pp. 374–376. Will. Fitz-Steph. (_ib._ vol. iii.), p. 45. Herb. Bosh. (_ib._), pp. 265, 266. Anon. I. (_ib._ vol. iv.), pp. 24, 25. R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 313. There is another version in _Thomas Saga_ (Magnusson), vol. i. p. 145. [87] Herb. Bosh. (as above), pp. 264, 265. _Thomas Saga_ (as above), p. 143. [88] Will. Fitz-Steph. as above. [89] Will. Fitz-Steph. (Robertson, _Becket_, vol. iii.), pp. 45, 46. [90] Herb. Bosh. (_ibid._), p. 267. [91] Will. Fitz-Steph. (_ibid._), p. 46. [92] Herb. Bosh. (_ibid._), p. 266. Anon. II. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 95. _Summa Causæ_ (_ibid._), p. 201; this last gives the date. The king’s first proposition, that the bishops should confirm the old customs observed in his grandfather’s days,[93] opened a discussion which lasted far into the night. Henry himself proceeded to explain his meaning more fully; he required, first, that the bishops should be more strict in the pursuit of criminal clerks;[94] secondly, that all such clerks, when convicted and degraded, should be handed over to the secular arm for temporal punishment like laymen, according to the practice usual under Henry I.;[95] and finally, that the bishops should renounce their claim to inflict any temporal punishment whatever, such as exile or imprisonment in a monastery, which he declared to be an infringement of his regal rights over the territory of his whole realm and the persons of all his subjects.[96] The primate, after vainly begging for an adjournment till the morrow, retired to consult with his suffragans.[97] When he returned, it was to set forth his view of the “two swords”--the two jurisdictions, spiritual and temporal--in terms which put an end to all hope of agreement with the king. He declared the ministers of the Heavenly King exempt from all subjection to the judgement of an earthly sovereign; the utmost that he would concede was that a clerk once degraded should thenceforth be treated as a layman and punished as such if he offended again.[98] Henry, apparently too much astonished to argue further, simply repeated his first question--“Would the bishops obey the royal customs?” “Aye, saving our order,” was the answer given by the primate in the name and with the consent of all.[99] When appealed to singly they all made the same answer.[100] Henry bade them withdraw the qualifying phrase, and accept the customs unconditionally; they, through the mouth of their primate, refused;[101] the king raged and swore, but all in vain. At last he strode suddenly out of the hall without taking leave of the assembly;[102] and when morning broke they found that he had quitted London.[103] Before the day was over, Thomas received a summons to