In the first burst of his anger Henry bade the other two brothers go and “subdue Richard’s pride” by force of arms.[1059] Immediately afterwards, however, he summoned all three, together with the aggrieved barons of Aquitaine, to meet him in conference at Mirebeau.[1060] But the young king had already marched into Poitou and received a warm welcome there;[1061] Geoffrey, to whom his father had intrusted his summons to the barons, led a motley force of Bretons, Brabantines and mercenaries of all kinds to Limoges;[1062] soon afterwards young Henry joined him; with the viscount’s help they threw themselves into the citadel,[1063] and set to work to raise the whole country against Richard. He, in his extremity, appealed to his father;[1064] and Henry at once hurried to the rescue. For six weeks he laid siege to the citadel of Limoges;[1065] twice he was personally shot at, and narrowly escaped with his life; twice the young king came to him with offers of submission, and each time he was welcomed with open arms, but each time the submission was a mere feint, designed to keep Henry quiet and give the barons time to wreak their vengeance upon Richard.[1066] By Easter matters were so far advanced that Bertrand de Born was openly calling for aid upon Flanders, France and Normandy;[1067] and the dread of a rising in this last-named quarter prompted Henry to send orders for the arrest of those barons, both in Normandy and England, who had been most conspicuous in the rebellion of 1173.[1068] [1059] R. Diceto as above, p. 19. [1060] _Gesta Hen._ as above, p. 295. [1061] _Ib._ p. 292. [1062] _Ib._ pp. 293, 295. Geoff. Vigeois, l. ii. c. 6 (Labbe, _Nova Biblioth._, vol. ii. p. 332). [1063] _Gesta Hen._ as above, pp. 293, 296. Geoff. Vigeois as above. Gerv. Cant. (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 304. [1064] Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 274. [1065] From Shrove Tuesday--March 1--to Easter. Geoff. Vigeois, l. ii. cc. 12, 16 (as above, pp. 334, 336). [1066] _Gesta Hen._ as above, pp. 296–298. Cf. Geoff. Vigeois, l. ii. c. 7 (as above, pp. 332, 333). [1067] Clédat, _Bert. de Born_, p. 52. [1068] _Gesta Hen._ (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 294.