Volume 2

Historia rerum anglicarum Willelmi Parvi : ordinis Sancti Augustini canonici regularis in cœnobio Beatæ Mariæ de Newburgh / Ad fidem codicum manuscriptorum recensuit Hans Claude Hamilton.

  • William of Newburgh
Date:
1856
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Credit: Historia rerum anglicarum Willelmi Parvi : ordinis Sancti Augustini canonici regularis in cœnobio Beatæ Mariæ de Newburgh / Ad fidem codicum manuscriptorum recensuit Hans Claude Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D. 1190. and dis - places the governor. The king of England ar- rives at Mar- seilles on his way to the Holy Land. 30 HISTORIA ANGLICANA. [LIB. IV. imposita, satisfactionem, ne severius plecterentur, Accepit. Vulgus autem promiscuum et infinitum, cujus zelus inconditus dirum illud maxime patra- rat negotium, in judicium vocari aut discuti mi- nime potuit. Itaque cancellarius, amoto illo qui provinciae administrationem habuerat, cum non posset efficacius de jure mandatum exequi regium, abiit incruentus ; nec usque ad hunc diem pro illo Juda3orum exitio aliquis supplicio est addictus. CAP. XII. Quomodo reges venerunt in Siciliam, et quomodo rex Anglorum expugnavit Messanam. EQUENTI aestate anno a partu vir- ginis m. c. nonagesimo, illustres Fran- corum et Anglorum reges iter Jero- solymitanae profectionis ingressi, cum apparatu congruo et exercitu copioso convenerunt 1 2Massiliam; factaque ibidem mora necessaria, rex quidem Francorum autumnali tem- pore prior cum suis copiis secundis flatibus navi- gavit Siciliam, rex vero Anglorum post discessum regis Francorum diebus aliquot Massiliae demora- tus, tandem classe soluta, cum parente sibi exer- citu mari se credidit, flabrisque arridentibus in insulam eandem devenit. Verum qui prior adve- 1 Accepit.^ It appears that Longchamp^ chief motive in im- posing these fines was to procure money for the king, who was pressing for a remittance. 2 Massiliam.] H. L. R.; Mar- siliarn, C. At this time Mar- seilles was a free trading city, belonging neither to England or France, but acknowledging the suzerainty of the king of Arra- gon.