[271] “Mes Dex e en terre e en mer A le poeir d’aidier as buens; Donques aidera il as suens,” ll. 17322–24. [272] _Ib._ ll. 17313–28. [273] R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 28. [274] _Cf. ib._ and _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17309–10. [275] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17307–8; _Hist. Ducs_, p. 201. [276] _Hist. Ducs_, _l.c._ [277] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17302–6. [278] _Ib._ ll. 17329–31; R. Wend., _l.c._ [279] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17354–58. Cf. M. Paris, _Hist. Angl._, vol. ii. p. 219. [280] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17360–65. [281] _Ib._ ll. 17377–404. Cf. _Hist. Ducs_, pp. 201, 202. [282] R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 29. [283] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17405–433. [284] _Ib._ ll. 17463–82. [285] Hubert de Burgh came back with two of them in tow; _ib._ ll. 17505–08. [286] Cf. _Hist. Ducs_, p. 201, and _Ann. Wav._, a. 1217. [287] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17507–62. [288] _Ib._ ll. 17473–80. The poet says, speaking “apres cels qui virent,” that there were full four thousand Frenchmen slain, besides those who sprang overboard and were drowned (Cf. R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 29). But he adds “Je n’i fui pas; ci m’en descombre De dire ce que nuls ne seit,” ll. 17491–97. [289] R. Wend., _l.c._ [290] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17434–55, and _Hist. Ducs_, p. 202; cf. R. Wend., vol. iv. pp. 29, 30. This last says it was Richard the king’s son who answered the inveterate turncoat’s offers of ransom and service by exclaiming “Nunquam de caetero falsis tuis promissionibus quenquam in hoc saeculo seduces, proditor nequissime,” drawing his sword and striking off his head. The French account seems more probable, as I think we may safely identify the “Stephen Trabe” (or “Crave”) of the _Hist. Ducs_ with the poet’s “Stephen of Winchelsea.” [291] _Hist. Ducs_, p. 202. [292] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17572–76. [293] R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 30. [294] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17510–68. The date is confirmed by _Hist. Ducs_, _l.c._, R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 28, and W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 238; the _Ann. Wav._, a. 1217, erroneously make it the eve, instead of the day, of S. Bartholomew--“X. kal. Septembris.” [295] “Destructi sunt barones apud Lincolniam.” _Chron. Merton_, Petit-Dutaillis, p. 514. [296] R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 30. [297] _Hist. Ducs_, pp. 199, 200. [298] _Ib._ p. 202. [299] _Ib._ Cf. _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17634–41. [300] _Hist. G. le Mar._, ll. 17642–76. [301] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 89. [302] R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 30; cf. W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 239. [303] “Ludowicus in arcto positus significavit Legato pariter ac Marescallo quod ipse voluit consilio eorum in omnibus obedire, ita tamen quod salvo honore suo et sine suorum scandalo pacem congruam providerent,” R. Wend., _l.c._ “Looys parla a eus” [the Marshal and the Justiciar] “e il li orent en couvent que il se peneroient en boine foi de la pais faire, e tele qui honnerable li seroit,” _Hist. Ducs_, p. 203. [304] “Si conta a Looys che que il ot trouvé.”