Charles of Anjou emphasises the losses which he would suffer as a result of his pious action. He indicates that the deficit will be made up by a set of taxes which the leading men of the country have agreed to. The technique of an ‘expulsion tax’ is, as Professor Chazan observed, new. Chazan copied the order from Pierre Rangeard, Histoire de l';université d'Angers, vol. in, pp. 27-31, Angers, 1877. Source: Chazan 1980, pp. 313-17.

Charles II by the grace of God king of Jerusalem, prince of Sicily and of Apulia and of Capua, count of Achea and Anjou and Forcalquier:

We have given notice to all by the contents of the present letter that we have considered the fine words of sacred authority, in which it is warned that a mouse or a viper or a serpent in the lap or a fire in the bosom tend to confer unjust retribution on their hosts. When careful investigation has been made, we readily recognized the condition and situation of the counties of Anjou and Maine, which by divine will are subject to our authority. We have ascertained the state of the aforesaid land and have found that it is subject to many enormities and crimes odious to God and abhorrent to the Christian faith. In many locales of that land, numerous Jews, enemies of the life-giving Cross and of all Christianity, dwelling randomly and publicly among Christians and deviating from the way of truth, subvert perfidiously many of both sexes who are considered adherents of the Christian faith. They seem to subvert all whom they can.