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April 2. Lateran. Iohannes de Camezano, chaplain and auditor litterarum contradictarum of Pope [Alexander IV], writes to all who will see this letter, relating that for some time a lawsuit was litigated in his presence between master Raymundus de Agrimonte, the notary and agent of the rector, counsel, and commune of the city of Marseille (Massiliensis), acting for them in the Roman curia as plaintiff, on the one side, and master Albertus canon of Saint Peter Scheradius, a Florentinus, agent of the noble man Count [Iohannes] of Jaffa (Ioppensis), and Antonius de Narnia, the agent of Iohannes de Ibelino lord of Beirut (Beriti), acting for them as defendants, on the other. Eventually the agents chose their judges, with master Raymundus choosing Bishop [Florentius] of Acre (Acconensis) and master Albertus and Antonius choosing Archbishop [Ioscelinus] of Caesaria (Cesariensis), while the author chose as a middle and common judge for the parties the prior of the Friars Preacher (Dominicans) of Acre (Acconenses), to whom a papal letter was sent, which is inserted verbatim (see 11 March 1257, RRR 3192). The author testifies to the letter and strengthens it with his seal.