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August 11. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV asks the patriarch of Jerusalem and Apostolic Legate [Robert de Nantes] and the bishop of Sidon to calculate the nine months from the time the pope sent the previous letter [8 August 1245, RRR 2509], adding that he does not want the party that first appears in their presence to have to wait more than one month for the other party. If Jean’s party wishes to produce before the addressees witnesses to refute those who were received from Guillaume’s party, the addressees shall receive them within one month and diligently examine them, afterwards sending to the pope their depositions enclosed with their seals. If both of them cannot carry this out, then one can do so.