[325] _Gesta_, ii. 61. Probably they joined forces in Berry and thence made an incursion into Touraine. [326] Gerv. Cant., i. 439. [327] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 8311-30. [328] R. Diceto, ii. 62. [329] Gir. Cambr., _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 13. [330] He visited Henry at Le Mans on Ascension Day, May 18; _Epp. Cant._, 90. [331] Reims, Bourges, Rouen and Canterbury; _Gesta_, ii. 61. [332] _Ib._, 66, with date “adveniente Pentecoste.” Rog. Howden, ii. 362, says “in octavis Pentecostes,” which agrees better with Gerald’s statement (_l.c._ c. 14) that the war began “about June 1.” Gervase of Canterbury (i. 446) is of course doubly wrong in placing the assembly “apud Cenomannum quinto Idus Junii.” [333] _Gesta_, R. Howden, and Gerv. Cant., _ll.cc._ [334] Gerv. Cant., _l.c._ [335] _Gesta_, ii. 66. [336] R. Howden, ii. 363. [337] _Ib._, 362. [338] _Ib._, 363. [339] _Gesta_, ii. 67. [340] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 8349-50. [341] _Ib._, 8357-74. [342] “Rex Francorum et Comes ... intra paucos dies Feritatem praedictam, Baalum, Bellummontem ... occupaverunt. A municipalibus circumquaque _Comiti_ fit deditio castellorum.” R. Diceto, ii. 62, 63. Cf. _Gesta_, ii. 67, where Maletable—“Malum Stabulum”—is probably a mistake for Bonnétable, about half way between La Ferté and Beaumont. The Marshal’s biographer (ll. 8362-68), like the _Gesta_, does not mention Richard, and names only three castles as falling into Philip’s hands—La Ferté, Ballon, and “Montfort le Retrot, qui gaires n’ert fort, E li fust tantost rendu, Unques ne fust defendu.” He, however, certainly knew of Richard’s presence with the French host, for we shall see that he expressly mentions him as engaged in the pursuit from Le Mans on June 12. If Beaumont was given up without resistance, its constable, not its owner the viscount, was probably answerable for the surrender, since it was at another of the viscount’s castles, La Frênaye, that Henry found shelter soon afterwards. [343] _Gesta_, ii. 67. [344] Cf. _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 8835-46 with ll. 9321-37, and the brief summary of Gir. Cambr., _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 25: “Cessante vero demum persequentium instantia per Comitis Pictaviensis casum, equum ejusdem militari lancea perfosso.” [345] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 8847-64. [346] _Gesta_, ii. 68, 69. [347] Gir. Cambr., _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 25. [348] Cf. _Gesta_, ii. 69, Gir. Cambr., _l.c._, W. Armor., _Gesta Phil. Aug._, 190, and _Philippis_, lib. iii. ll. 735-8 (the poet gives the date of the meeting by implication in l. 748), and Stubbs’s preface to R. Howden, ii. lxvii, note 2. [349] _Gesta_, ii. 70, 71. [350] _Hist. G. le Mar._, l. 8957. [351] Gir. Cambr., _De Instr. Princ._, dist. iii. c. 26. [352] _Ib._, 25; _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 9068-78. [353] _Gesta_, ii. 69. [354] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 9245-8.