[1325] The _Gesta Hen._ (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 71, make Richard meet the corpse on its way; and Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 367, follows the _Gesta_. But the _Hist. de Guill. le Mar._ and Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 28 (Angl. Christ. Soc., p. 157) both distinctly say that he met it at Fontevraud. The other version is intrinsically most improbable, for Richard can hardly have been coming from anywhere else than Tours, and in that case he could not possibly meet the funeral train on its way from Chinon to Fontevraud. That he should reach Fontevraud some hours after it, on the other hand, is perfectly natural; and this is just what Gerald and the French _Life_ imply; for they both tell us that the funeral started from Chinon on the day after the death--_i.e._ Friday, July 7--and Gerald (as above, p. 158) implies that the actual burial took place the day after Richard’s arrival, while in the _Vita Galfr._, l. i. c. 5 (Brewer, vol. iv. p. 372), he seems to place it on the Saturday, July 8. See Bishop Stubbs’s preface to Rog. Howden, vol. ii. p. lxix, note 1. One of the MSS. of Mat. Paris, _Chron. Maj._ (Luard, vol. ii. p. 344, note 8) has a curiously different version of Richard’s behaviour on the occasion. [1326] _Hist. de Guill. le Mar._, vv. 9294–9298, 9300 (p. 68). [1327] Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._ as above. [1328] _Hist. de Guill. le Mar._, vv. 9299, 9300 (as above). [1329] _Ib._ v. 9301. Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._ and _Vita Galfr._ as above. [1330] Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 28 (Angl. Christ. Soc., p. 157); _Vita Galfr._, l. i. c. 5 (Brewer, vol. iv. p. 372). _Gesta Hen._ (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 71. [1331] Gir. Cambr. as above. [1332] _Hist. de Guill. le Mar._, vv. 9304–9344 (_Romania_, vol. xi. pp. 68, 69). [1333] The day is given by Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._ as above (p. 158), and _Vita Galfr._ as above; the name of the officiating prelate by R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 65. Bartholomew was assisted by Archbishop Fulmar of Trier (_ibid._) CHAPTER VII. RICHARD AND ENGLAND. 1189–1194.