ter'1 ageretur. Cumque diu in hac voluntate permansisset, tandem in visione nocturna apparuit ei quidam vir splendidus in vestibus quasi deauratis, dicens ei, "Quid fles? Quid ploras? surge, tolle, et lege psalmum quinquagesimum primum, Quid gloriaris in malitia?' et ibi videre poteris quid meruerit'2 dominus tuus." At ille expergefactus a somno rediit in se, et nihil boni inveniens in psalmo illo cessavit a prece sua. 6 De Filiis Regis Johannis.3 John. Quatuor habebat filios rex iste Johannes, Children of Henricum scilicet primogenitum qui ei successit King John, in regnum; Ricardum qui processu temporis in regem Alemanniæ electus est; Willelmum de Valentia; et Gwydonem Dysenay, qui trans mare morabantur; quintum etiam habebat clericum qui in Wintoniensem episcopum 'postea promotus est.'4 Tres etiam habebat filias quarum una Isabella scilicet Frederico imperatori data est; altera Willelmo comiti Marescallo; et tertia, quæ primo' castitatem voverat, non tamen susceperat velum castitatis, comiti Leicestria Symoni de Monte-forti conjuncta est. Unde fertur Robertum Lincolniensem episcopum quasi 1 Omitted in MS. Lansd. Richard, who married Rohesia, heiress of Fulbert de Dover; 2. 3 King John's legitimate chil- Geoffrey Fitzroy, who died at dren, according to Sandford, were Rochelle; 3. Sir John Courcy; 1. Henry, who succeeded him; 4. Osbert Gifford, mentioned in 2. Richard, Earl of Cornwall; 3. Rot. Pat, 17 Johan 2. m. 16; 5. Johanna, married to Alexander, Oliver, mentioned in Rot. Claus. King of Scotland; 4. Eleanor, 1 Henry III., 2. m. 23, and 2 married first to William Marshal, Hen. III., 1. m. 9; and 6. Joan, Earl of Pembroke, and secondly wife of Llewellyn, Prince of to Simon de Montfort, Earl of Wales. Leicester; and, 5. Isabella, married to the Emperor Frederic II. His natural issue were, 1. 4'electus est,' MS. Cott. Tib. 5 'postquam,' MS. Cott. Tib. John. Death of of York. Death of exprobrando dixisse eidem; "Nunquam gaudebis de tua progenie nec in ea lætaberis, quoniam matrimonium Dei contempsisti pro nuptiis hominis." Et sic quidem contigit ut patet in sequentibus. Obiit Galfridus Eborum Archiepiscopus. Eodem tempore obiit Galfridus Eborum epiArchbishop Scopus ;' cui successit Walterus de Grey, consecratus in anno Domini ' M.CCXV.' 2 Eodem etiam tempore scilicet anno Domini M.CCXVI. obiit Innocentius papa tertius; cui successit Honorius. Pope Inno cent III. Ab ordine vero priore non 'recedentes,'3 ordinavimus sic; ut ab Henrico tertio tertius liber incipiat: et bene dico 'tertium,' quia licet quartus posset nominari respectu Henrici tertii, qui in vita patris sui Henrici secundi coronatus, diadema ad modicum gessit; verum quia ante patrem defunctus est, nec patri successit in regnum; ideo nec tertium voco, nec regale nomen nec ei dignitatem ascribo. Explicit Liber Secundus. 1 This prelate died on Tuesday | at Viterbo on the 14th of May, the 18th of December, 1212. 2M.CCXVI,' MS. Cott. Tib. Walter de Grey dated his prelacy from the 11th of November, 1215, as appears from a roll still existing in York Cathedral. Drake, Eccles. History of York. And a rescript of Pope Innocent to this Archbishop, dated 1216, may be seen in the York Register, ff. 17-18. Le Neve, however, states that he was translated from Worcester on the 27th of March, 1216. 3 recedentes in scribendo,' MS. Lansd. 4 Supplied from MS. Lansd. INCIPIT LIBER TERTIUS. De Primordiis Regis Henrici Tertii. 3 A. D. 1216. Accession of UBLATO de medio rege, comes Ma- Henry III. rescallus,1 vir magnæ auctoritatis et sani consilii, amicabiliter vocavit ad Henry III. se certo die multos comites et quosdam barones, et apprehenso puero Henrico,' filio regis Johannis, qui nondum ætatis suæ IX.3 annum compleverat, statuit eum in medio eorum, et dixit, "Ecce rex' noster!""* adjecitque, "Charissimi mei, etsi patrem istius propter mala ejus opera persecuti sumus, et juste; iste tamen puer parvulus et innocens' est ab operibus patris ; verum quia peccatum et culpa' suos ligare debent auctores, et in verbo Domini," Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris," ignoscendum est parvulo isti, et teneræ compatiendum ætati: nunc autem quia filius regis est, et futurus dominus noster, regnique successor, venite et constituamus eum nobis in regem, et ejiciamus a terra nostra Lodowicum filium regis Franciæ et gen 5 1 William Marshal, Earl of This coincides with HemingPembroke. 2 Omitted in MS. Cott. Tib. 3 Henry was born on the 1st of October, 1207, according to the Annales Waverlei., Rer. Ang. Script. ii. 169. Robert of Gloucester, however, informs us otherwise, "Henri his eldoste sone ibore was in this wo, As in tuelf hundred 3er and eizte and nammo." VOL. I. burgh, who states that he was in .m terræ nostutis iniquæ." tquomodo poteenim eum et fidePossumus," inquit, citatibus nostris ab 1 eum et voluimus' uperbiam jam erectus et si dimiserimus eum ram nostram, erimusque inum et abjectio plebis vinitus inspirati conclamafiat rex, fiat rex!" statuationis suæ, diem scilicet et Judæ, quo die Lonst et in regem consecratus, So Cantuariensi Stephano, per stolicæ sedis legati, cujus itione idem rex cruce signatus mium Sanctorum eodem anno 2 Lincolniam et ejecti sunt Franci. vasiliarii novi regis, congregato ex inciis exercitu copioso, occurrerunt baronibus qui cum eo erant apud anno sequenti, et commisso proelio cæsi sunt multi ex parte VS. Coll. Arm. MS. Coll. Arm., the next com- Rer. Ang. 4 This battle was fought on Roger de Wend-Saturday, May 20. Rad. de the section in la France, xviii. 113. 66 A. D. 1217. 'magnatum" plures 'captivati," fu- Henry III. eteris qui per velocem fugam se salvare captusque est Lodowicus filius regis , cum multa fecisset 'mala" vastassetque a usque Lincolniam, et tunc adimpletum erbum patris sui quod nunciis ejusdem filii ndudum dixerat: cum enim quæsissit a nunciis abi filius ejus esset in Anglia, responderunt, Apud Stanfordiam :" et ille, "Num," inquit, "habet castrum Doverniæ ?" "6 at illi, "Non:" et intulit rex: "Per brachium sancti 'Jacobi' non habet filius meus unum terræ pedem in Anglia." Et tandem, sedato furore, ait idem Lodowicus, "Domini charissimi, ab initio in terram vestram non veni gratis, sed vocastis me; nunc autem si corpore meo abusi fueritis ut morti tradar, dicetur de vobis quia seduxistis me; sed facite mecum, rogo, misericordiam vestram, et cum salvo conductu dimittite me ut revertar, faciamque vobis Prince Louis juramentum quod nunquam terram hanc ingre- abandon all diar, nec vobis nec alicui vestrum unquam moles- England, and tus existam." At illi adquieverunt ei, et, accepto France. juramento usque ad mare conduxerunt, reversusque est in terram suam, strenuitatem Anglicana militiæ sic expertus. Rex vero novus qui patri 1 Supplied from MS. Cott. | he retired to London, and, seeing Tib. his affairs everywhere decline, 2' magnatorum,' MS. Coll. he sued for peace. This was Arm. 3 captivitati,' MS. Coll. Arm. At the time of this battle Louis was making a fresh attempt to seize Dover Castle; the troops at the Fair of Lincoln being commanded by Thomas, Comte du Perche, who fell in the engagement. It does not appear that the French Prince was taken prisoner; though, hearing of the defeat of his forces, granted; and, a treaty being agrees to claims on returns to |