[98] _Gesta_, i. 197; R. Howden, ii. 147-8; and cf. Geoff. Vigeois, 324, and _Chron. S. Mart. Limoges_, 188, which gives the date October 7, but Adalbert’s own charter (_Gesta_ and R. Howd., _ll.cc._) says “mense Decembri.” G. Vigeois gives the sum paid as 5000 marks; the _Chron. S. Mart._, 189, R. Torigni a. 1177, and R. Diceto, i. 425, make it 6000 marks of silver, and R. Torigni adds “terram ... valentem, ut idem rex dixit, viginti millia marcas argenti.” The _Gesta_ and R. Howden both insert a copy of Adalbert’s charter, but the writer of the former must have copied the figures wrongly, for he makes the sum only fifteen pounds Angevin; in Roger’s version it is 15,000 pounds Angevin. Both versions add twenty mules and twenty palfreys. [99] R. Torigni, a. 1177. [100] He was with his father and brothers at Angers at Christmas, 1177; R. Torigni, _ad ann._ [101] “Cum magno exercitu _in Pictaviam_ profectus,” says our authority, _Gesta_, i. 212; but clearly he must mean either “in Gasconiam” or “ex Pictavia.” [102] _Gesta_, i. 212, 213. [103] _Ib._, 212. [104] R. Diceto, i. 431, 432. The _Gesta_, i. 212, say the siege began on May 3 and lasted only three days. [105] _Gesta_, _l.c._; cf. R. Torigni, a. 1179, who evidently did not know that Pons belonged to Geoffrey. [106] R. Diceto, i. 432; _Gesta_, i. 213. [107] R. Torigni, a. 1179. [108] R. Diceto, i. 432. [109] “Ricardo comiti Pictaviae l.m.,” Pipe Roll 25 Hen. II (1178-9), 101. “In passagio esneccae quando Ricardus comes Pictaviae transfretavit,” _ib._, p. 107. [110] _Itin. Ric._, 144. [111] Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 8. [112] _Itin._, _l.c._ [113] “Species digna imperio,” _ib._; “formae dignae imperio,” Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._, _l.c._ [114] _Itin._, _l.c._ [115] “Hic leo noster plusquam leo.” Gir. Cambr. _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 8. [116] _Ib._ [117] An obvious instance is Richard’s great-grandfather, King Henry I, who was called “the Lion of Justice.” Two of Richard’s own contemporaries are known as Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, and William the Lion, king of Scots; though in this last case the appellation was probably derived merely from the cognizance on his shield. [118] Cf., _e. g._, _Coronement Loois_, l. 1807—“C’est Fierebrace qui cuer a de lion.” [119] “Le preuz reis, le quor de lion,” _Estoire de la Croisade_, l. 2310.