[2] The Tavastian rebels received aid from the Novgorod Republic, which sought to diminish Swedish influence in Finland in order to bolster its own position.

The right hand of the Lord planted a vineyard, and He desired it to be irrigated with the blood of His Son, so that, nourished by the stream flowing from the side of Christ, it might produce wine whose sweetness would delight the high planter.

As it was revealed to us in your letter, those who are called the people of Häme, who had earlier, with great effort and zeal from you and your predecessors, been converted to the Catholic faith, are now, influenced by the nearby enemies of the Cross, turning back to the deception of their old errors.

Thus, the Kingdom of Sweden is falling due to the cruelty of pagans, and the faith in it is easily being utterly destroyed unless it is promptly supported by the help of God and the apostolic see.

[2] Therefore, by apostolic letter, we command your brotherhood to guide the Catholic men living in the mentioned kingdom and nearby islands with sound advice to take the sign of the cross upon themselves and to fight valiantly and forcefully against those apostates and barbarians.