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August 7. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that through the legate he once wanted to protect the Greeks of the East and defend them against injury by the Latins, to avoid scandal and promote the honour of the Church and the tranquillity of the Greeks, without injury to others. Yet he did not want the legate to occupy himself with all grievances of the Greeks, but only with those that, after careful deliberation, the legate determined could be corrected healthfully for the honour of the Church. Thus the pope orders the legate to have the Latins do fitting satisfaction for the minor and obvious injuries and harassments done to the Greeks, but not to deal with others, which he should relate directly and orally to the pope when the legate is in his presence, so that the pope can decide what is best.