Two Presbyters in the mean time came to _Rome_ from the East, _Domitianus_ of _Constantinople_, and _Vallagus_ of _Nisibis_ in _Mesopotamia_, and brought with them the original Acts, which they had purchased with a large Sum of the Imperial Officers, containing an authentic Detail of the Cruelties which some Women of Quality had been made to endure for not communicating with _Arsacius_, and the Bishops of his Faction. [Sidenote: Innocent _applies to_ Honorius;] With these the good Bishop was so deeply affected, that he could no longer forbear applying to _Honorius_, who, at his Request, writ immediately to _Arcadius_ a very pressing and friendly Letter in favour of _Chrysostom_, and those of his Communion. At the same time he issued an Order for convening a Council of the Western Bishops, who, meeting soon after at _Rome_, drew up an Address, which they sent to _Ravenna_, where the Emperor then was, earnestly intreating him to interpose anew his good Offices with his Brother _Arcadius_, that an Oecumenical Council might be allowed to assemble at _Thessalonica_, in order to compose the present Differences, which had already produced a Misunderstanding between the Eastern and Western Churches, and might in the End bring on an intire Separation. [Sidenote: _who writes to_ Arcadius.] _Honorius_, in Compliance with their Request, writ a Third Letter to _Arcadius_ (for he had, it seems, written already a Second), and at the same time one to _Innocent_, desiring him to appoint Five Bishops, Two Presbyters of the _Roman_ Church, and One Deacon, to carry his Letter into the East, thinking that such a Legation would add no small Weight to his Mediation. The Letter to _Arcadius_ was in the following Terms: [Sidenote: _His Letter._]