The stout old Bishop of Worcester blessed the troops, “who had among them all but one faith, one will in all things, one love towards God and their neighbour, so that they feared neither to offend the king nor even to die for the sake of justice, rather than violate their oaths.” (Matthew of Westminster.) At the end of the day the defeat of the royalists was complete, and the king, Prince Edward and his kinsmen were prisoners. Then peace was made, Henry once more swearing to keep the charters and articles of Oxford, to employ no aliens, to submit the Provisions to arbitration again, to live thriftily till his debts were paid, and to give his son Edward and his nephew Henry as hostages for good behaviour till a permanent reform in the constitution was made. Early in June these terms of peace were proclaimed in London, to the general satisfaction, and on all sides the people shouted their thankfulness to Simon. God’s blessing on Earl Simon, his sons and followers light! Who put their lives in jeopardy and fought a desperate fight, Because their hearts were moved to hear their English brethren groan Beneath the hard taskmasters’ rods, making a grievous moan, Like Israel under Pharaoh’s yoke, in thraldom and in dread, Their freedom gone, their lives scarce spared, so evilly they sped. But at the last the Lord looked down and saw His people’s pain, And sent a second Mattathias to break their bonds in twain; Who with his sons so full of zeal for the law and for the right, Will never flinch a single inch before the tyrant’s might. To Simon’s faith and faithfulness alone our peace we owe, He raised the weak and hopeless and made the proud to bow, He set the realm at one again and brought the mighty low.[48] And now in the summer of 1264 Earl Simon was to show what he could do for England, for the victory of Lewes had placed power in his hands, and he stood indisputably the foremost man in the realm. For one short year his counsel was to guide the destinies of England and to make that year memorable for all time by the creation of the first representative Parliament. A new scheme of government was at once drawn up. Three electors chosen by the barons were to appoint a council of nine for the guidance of the king, and Simon of Montfort, Gilbert of Gloucester, and Stephen Berksted, Bishop of Chichester, were speedily chosen as the three electors. Hugh le Despenser remained justiciar, and Thomas Cantilupe, the bishop’s nephew, became chancellor. (This Thomas subsequently became Bishop of Hereford, died in Italy, and was canonized.)