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• History of the Conquest of England By the Normans.
• Book VIII.: From the Battle of the Standard to the Insurrection of the Poitevins and Bretons Against Henry II. 1137—1189.
• Book IX.: From the Origin of the Quarrel Between King Henry II. And Archbishop Thomas Beket, to the Murder of the Archbishop. 1160—1171.
• Book X.: From the Invasion of Ireland By the Normans Established In England to the Death of Henry II. 1171—1189.
• Book XI.: From the Accession of King Richard I. To the Execution of the Saxon, William Longbeard. 1190—1196.
• Conclusion.
• I.: The Continental Normans and Bretons; the Angevins and the Populations of Southern Gaul.
• II.: The Inhabitants of Wales.
• III.: The Scots.
• IV.: The Native Irish and the Anglo-norman Irish.
• V.: The Anglo-normans and the English By Race.
• Magna Charta.
• Charta Forestæ. Made At Westminster, 10 Th Feb., Anno 9 Hen. III. Ad 1225, and Confirmed Anno 28 Edw. I. Ad 1299.
• Appendix.
• No. I.: Cruelties Exercised By the Norman-lords In Their Castles. 1
• No. II. (page 51.): War Song of the Troubadour Bertrand De Born, Seigneur De Hautefort. 1
• No. III. (page 139.): History of the Marriage of Gilbert Beket, Father of Archbishop Thomas; Fragment of a Life of the Archbishop, By a Contemporary. 3
• No. IV. (page 139.): Old Ballad On the Captivity and Marriage of Gilbert Beket. 1
• No. V. (page 139.): Particulars of the Worldly Life of Thomas Becket, Before His Elevation to the Bishopric, From William Fitzstephen, His Secretary. 1
• No. VI. (page 139.): Letter of John of Salisbury to Becket, Respecting the Views of the King of France, the Earl of Flanders, and the Court of Rome, Concerning Him.
• No. VII. (page 139.): Letter Relative to the Intrigues of Henry II. At the Court of Rome, and the Mission of Two Legates Into France. 1 ( Ad 1169.)
• No. VIII. (page 139.): Letter Op Thomas Beket to Cardinal Albert, On the Conduct of the Court of Rome Towards Him. 1 ( Ad 1170.)
• No. IX. (page 139.): Letter From Thomas Beket’s Companions In Exile to Cardinal Albert, On the Injustice of the Court of Rome, and the Conduct of the Cardinals Towards Them. 1 ( Ad 1170.)
• No. X. (page 139.): Letter of John of Salisbury On the Landing of Thomas Beket, and His Reception In England. 1 ( Ad 1170.)
• No. XI. (page 139.): Extract From a Letter of John of Salisbury, Relative to the Murder of Thomas Beket. 1 ( Ad 1171.)
• No. XII. (page 139.): Narrative of the Murder of Thomas Beket, By Edward Grim, Who Was Wounded While Endeavouring to Defend Him. 1
• No. XIII. (page 139.): Letter From King Louis VII. To Pope Alexander III., Demanding Vengeance Against the Murderers of Thomas Beket. 1 ( Ad 1171.)
• No. XIV. (page 139.): Letter From Thibault, Earl of Blois, to Pope Alexander III., On the Murder of Thomas Beket. 2 ( Ad 1171.)
• No. XV. (page 139.): Letter In Which the Bishop of Lisieux, On the Part of All the Prelates of Normandy, Relates to the Pope the Conduct of Henry II. After the Murder of Thomas Beket. 1 ( Ad 1171.)
• No. XVI. (page 139.): Letter From Henry II. To the Pope, On the Subject of the Murder of Thomas Beket. 1 ( Ad 1171.)
• No. XVII. (page 139.): Letter From Henry II. To the Pope, On the Subject of the Rebellion of His Sons. 1 ( Ad 1173.)
• No. XVIII. (page 167.): Political Poems of Bertrand De Born, Preceded By the Historical Notices Given In the Manuscripts At the Head of Each of the Productions of This Troubadour.
• No. XIX. (page 220.): Sirvente of Richard Cœur-de-lion On His Captivity. 1
• No. XX. (page 223.): The King’s Disguise, and Friendship With Robin Hood. 2
• No. XXI. (page 224.): The Birth of Robin Hood. 1
• No. XXII. (page 237.): Sirvente of Bertrand De Born to Induce the Kings of France and England to Go to War. 1
• No. XXIII. (page 237.): Another Sirvente of Bertrand De Born, to the Same Purpose. 1
• No. XXIV. (page 240.): Sirvente of the Dauphin of Auvergne On His Quarrel With the King of England. 1
• No. XXV. (page 280.): Treaty of Alliance Between Lewellyn Ap-griffith, King of North Wales, With the King of France, Philip-le-hardi. 1
• No. XXVI. (page 282.): List of the Company of Yvain of Wales. 1
• No. XXVII. (page 282.): List of the Company of John Wynn. 1
• No. XXVIII. (page 282.): Receipt Given By Robin-ap-llwydin, and List of His Company. 1
• No. XXIX. (page 282.): List of the Company of Edward-ap-owen. 1
• No. XXX. (page 282.): List of the Company of Owen-ap Griffith, and Receipt Given Him. 1
• No. XXXI. (page 283.): Agreement of Yvain De Galles With King Charles V. For a Sum of 300,000 Francs D’or, and Alliance Made Between Them and Their Subjects. 2
• No. XXXII. (page 287.): Letter From Owen Glendowr, Prince of Wales, to the King of France, Charles VI. 1
• No. XXXIII. (page 303.): The Souters of Selkirk At the Battle of Flodden Field, a Scottish Ballad of the Sixteenth Century.
• No. XXXIV. (page 316.): The Battle of Bothwell Bridge—a Scottish

No. XXII. (page 237.)

Sirvente of Bertrand de Born to induce the Kings of France and England to go to War.1

• • Pus li baron son irat e lor peza
  • D’aquesta patz qu’an faita li duy rey,
  • Farar chanso tal que, quant er apreza,
  • A quadaun sera tart que guerrey:
  • E no m’es bel de rey qu’en patz estey
  • Dezeretatz, e que perda son drey,
  • Tro ’l demanda que fai ara conqueza.
• • Ben an camjat honor per avoleza,
  • Segon qu’aug dir, Berguonhon e Francey;
  • A rey armat ho ten hom a flaqueza,
  • Quant es an camp e vai penre plaidey,
  • E fora mielhs, par la fe qu’ieu vos dey,
  • Al rey Felip que mogues lo desrey
  • Que plaideyar armat sobre la gleza.
• • Ges aital patz no met reys en proeza
  • Cum aquesta, ni autra no l’agrey,
  • E non es dregz qu’om l’abais sa riqueza,
  • Que Yssaudun a fag jurar ab sey
  • Lo reys Henrics e mes en son destrey,
  • E no s cug ges qu’a son home s’ autrey,
  • Si ’l fieu d’Angieu li merma una cresteza.
• • Si ’l rey engles a fait don ni largueza
  • Al rey Felip, dreg es qu’el l’en mercey,
  • Qu’el fetz liurar la moneda engleza,
  • Qu’en Fransa’n son carzit sac e correy;
  • E non foron Angevin ni Mansey,
  • Quar d’esterlins foro ill primier conrey
  • Que descofiron la gent Campaneza.
• • Lo sors Enrics dís paraula corteza,
  • Quan son nebot vi tornar en esfrey,
  • Que desarmatz volgr’ aver la fin preza.
  • Quan fon armatz no vole penre plaidey;
  • E no semblet ges lo senhor d’Orley
  • Que desarmatz fon de peior mercey
  • Que quant el cap ac la ventalha meza.
• • Ad ambedos ten hom ad avoleza
  • Quar an fag plait don quecs de lor sordey;
  • Cinc duguatz à la corona Francesa,
  • E dels comtatz son a dire li trey;
  • E de Niort pert la rend ’e l’espley,
  • E Caercins reman sai a mercey,
  • E Bretanha e la terra engolmeza.
• • Vai, Papiol, mon sirventes adrey
  • Mi portaras part Crespin e’l Valey
  • Mon Izembart, en la terra d’Arteza.
  • Et diguas li m qu’a tal domna sopley
  • Que jurar pot marves sobre la ley
  • Que ’l genser es del mon e ’l pus corteza.

[1 ] Raynouard, Choix des poésies des Troubadours, iv. 170.