Mathew Paris furnishes us with an idea of King John’s religious principles: he informs us that when John’s subjects saw no other way of treating him but by taking up arms against him, whilst the former appealed to the Pope, the latter appealed to Admirallus, King of Morocco, a Mahometan, promising to surrender his crown and kingdom to him, and hold them from him as his vassal; and likewise to renounce the Christian religion, as vain; and faithfully to adhere to the Mahometan religion. Admirallus rejected the offer with scorn. See also Prynne and Tovey. L. Rex Custodibus Portuum Angliæ salutem. Præcipimus vobis quod Judæos qui venturi sunt in terram nostram Angliæ, de transmarinis partibus, ad morandum in terra nostra Angliæ, cum catallis suis, libere, et sine impedimento in portu nostro accedere permittatis; accepta ab eis sufficienti securitate, secundum legem Judæorum per fidem eorundem, quod quam citius poterint, veniant ad justiciarios nostros ad custodiam Judæorum assignatos, ad inrotulandum nomina eorum in rotulis nostris. Et si aliquem Judæum, qui de partibus transmarinis venerit, sicut prædictum est, retinueritis, ipsum, et catalla sua, sine dilatione, deliberari faciatis. Si quos autem inveneritis Judæos de terra nostra, qui ad vos venerint ad transfretandum usque ad partes transmarinas, sine literis nostris de licentia transfretandi, ipsos cum catallis suis arrestari faciatis, donec a nobis, vel a justiciariis nostris ad custodiam Judæorum assignatis inde aliud mandatum habueritis. Teste Petro Winton, Episcopo, West. 13 die Novemb. an. Reg. nostr. tertio. M. Rex Vicecomiti Lincoln, et Majori Cantuariæ salutem. Ostenderunt nobis Judæi nostri Lincolniæ quod ratione præcepti, Venerabilium Patrum S. S. Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi, et Episcopi Lincoln, facti, de Judæis, nequis eis victualia vendat, nec communionem habeat cum eis, nec inveniant aliquem qui eis aliquid vendet: ideo vobis præcipimus quod visis literis nostris, præcipi et clamari faciatis ex parte nostra, in Balliva vestra, quod vendantur eis victulia. Et si quem inveneritis qui deneget eis victulia et alia necessaria, in civitate Cantuariæ, et alibi, illum capiatis, et corpus ejus salvo custodiatis, donec aliud mandatum præcipimus. Teste Hugone de Burgo apud Westm. 10. die Novemb.――_Claus._ 7, H. 3, pars 2, m. 29, dors. N.