Thomas Becket to Pope Alexander III

Thus liberty of the church breathes again. For a long time the church languished depressed ... now you have resurrected the ship of Peter which everyone thought had been sunk. The presumption of tyranny has died.

ut vel sic respiret libertas Ecclesiae, quae tanto tempore languit depressa, et gaudeat mundus glorificans Deum, qui fecit vobiscum misericordiam suam,quatenus resurgat per vos navicula Petri, quae ab omnibus fere credebatur submersa, exspiret tyrannorum [Col. 0444D] praesumptio, quae videbatur obtinuisse.

Thomas Becket to the bishops of the province of Canterbury

Avenge the blood of the church, which has been eviscerated by the violence of  dead souls. The pride of those who hate the liberty of the church, increases always . .

Vindica sanguinem ecclesiae, quae eviscerata est, quae facta est oppressione exanimis. Superbia enim eorum,qui oderunt ejus libertatem, ascendit semper.