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Apr. 7. Rieti. Informed by the archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans that the king of Cyprus, the queen and others continue to prevent the carrying out of the agreement between the king, the queen, the late Ph. de Ybellino balius, the conestabulus, barones, milites and others on one side and the church of Cyprus on the other, which had been mediated by the late Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, employing frivolous arguments and illegitimate appeals, and that the patriarch of Jerusalem is reluctant to proceed without papal advice, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch, as papal legate, to enforce the agreement and compel the crown to restore the tithes it owes.