Epistola Ioannis Monlucii, episcopi Valentini regis Gallorum legati ad Poloni[a]e Ordines de Illustrissimo Andium duce in Regnum Polonicum allegendo

is clearer? And yet he is a Prince under whom, if you should desire it, you might live most safely in total peace with neighboring Princes. Whether you consider him in himself, or the most noble kingdom of Gaul, he has no discords with the nations bordering you, no controversies, no hatreds. And just as he has no enemies, so also does he have so many Princes joined to him by bonds of blood, friendship, and most tight alliances, that he will be able to preserve you all the more easily with their aid and forces, and to defend you by his very name and reputation.

Long ago, indeed, the Poles seemed to me to have thought most excellently of the Gauls and to have been most friendly toward them. And believe me, the Gauls have been especially delighted by the Poles, and have loved and cherished them above others (I know not by what similarity and affinity of customs). But if they shall be joined and confirmed by this new and singular benefit, it will come to pass that among these most noble peoples, the laws of perpetual peace and most holy hospitality will be reconciled, and the Gauls will be desired by the Poles in the future as most dear, and in turn, the Gauls will be singularly affected toward the Poles, the enemies of the Poles will be considered their own by the Gauls, and they will find them most ready and prompt for all aid. Furthermore, it is not a matter of some narrow or exhausted Prince with you, most illustrious, most reverend, and spectable Lords, who would divert the honors, public functions, and even your wealth—rightfully owed to your people by the Gauls—by which he might compensate for the duties rendered to him by the Gallic nobility. For since he is a Prince most munificent and most wealthy, with most firm resources, most ample provinces, and du-