[467] _Ib._, 37. There is documentary evidence of Richard’s presence at Tours on June 27, 1190; Teulet, _Layettes_, i. 158. Probably he was there several days earlier, as otherwise Philip would hardly have had time to visit him there and then go to Paris before setting out for Vézelay. [468] _Est._, ll. 324-34. [469] On June 27 Richard went from Tours to Montrichard (_Fœdera_, I. i. 48) by way of Azay (on the Cher, close to Tours); _Itin._, 149. In the next four days he passed through Selles (on the Cher) and La Chapelle [d’Anguillon, in Berry] to Donzy, in the Nivernais (_Itin._, _l.c._), where he was on July 1 (_Fœdera_, _l.c._). He may have gone from Donzy to Vézelay on that day. He was certainly at Vézelay on July 3 (_Monast._ VI. i. 327). Rigord (i. 99) says: “Feria quarta post octavas S. Johannis Baptistae” [= Wednesday, July 4] “cum rege Anglorum Ricardo apud Vizeliacum venit [rex Francorum],” which looks as if the kings had met on the way and arrived together; but if so, Rigord’s date is, as we have just seen, at least a day too late. The _Gesta Ric._ (111) say the two kings stayed at Vézelay two days, and the _Itinerarium_ (151) enumerates seven places through which they passed “distinctis dietis” from there to Lyons (M. Gaston Paris accepts this passage in the _Itinerarium_ as authentic, believing it to be derived “from an official source”). This would mean their leaving Vézelay on July 6 and reaching Lyons on the 13th; but from certain words in the _Gesta_ it seems possible, and I think even probable, that the true dates are the 3rd and the 10th. The whole sentence in the _Gesta_ runs thus: “Ibi [sc. apud Vizeliacum] moram fecerunt [reges] per duos dies _in octavis S. Iohannis Baptistae_.” Strictly interpreted, this should mean “within the octave”; it might mean “beginning on the octave,” _i. e._, July 1-3; but it cannot correctly represent July 4-6. Either it is a blunder, or Rigord is wrong in dating Philip’s arrival on the 4th. I venture to think the latter alternative the likelier of the two, as the English chroniclers appear to have followed their sovereign’s travels with great care, while Rigord is certainly far from being a specially accurate chronologist. [470] _Est._, ll. 365-75; _Itin._, 150. [471] _Gesta_, 111. [472] _Est._, ll. 377-8. [473] The stages are given in _Itin._ 151. See note 7 to p. 117 above. [474] _Est._, ll. 413-28; _Itin._, _l.c._ [475] _Est._, ll. 429-36. [476] It is said to have numbered 100,000; _Est._, l. 419, _Itin._, _l.c._ [477] _Gesta_, 112; _Est._, ll. 449-65; _Itin._, 152. [478] _Est._, ll. 466-90. “Le Rogne, l’eve crestee,” l. 414. [479] _Ib._, ll. 491-7. [480] The two kings having agreed to separate their forces because they found them too numerous to travel in one body; _Gesta_, 112. [481] _Itin._, 152. [482] _Ib._, _Est._, ll. 499-510. [483] _Itin._, _l.c._