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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 331<br />

1212<br />

ROGER WENDOVER, FLORES HISTORIARTJM, VOL. II, P. 61. 1<br />

T<strong>here</strong>after, 2 when [John] had sat down to table and was<br />

putt<strong>in</strong>g out his hands for food and dr<strong>in</strong>k, a messenger came<br />

to the k<strong>in</strong>g on behalf of the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, who offered him<br />

letters regard<strong>in</strong>g treason foreseen aga<strong>in</strong>st him. After <strong>this</strong><br />

came another messenger, on behalf of the daughter 3 of the<br />

of Wales. . . .<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g, the wife to wit of Llewellyn, k<strong>in</strong>g<br />

But the letters, although com<strong>in</strong>g from different districts,<br />

had yet one and the same import, namely that if the k<strong>in</strong>g<br />

went to the war that had begun he would either be sla<strong>in</strong> by<br />

his own nobles or given up for destruction to the enemy. . . .<br />

1 Cf. M.P., Chr. Maj., ii, 534. A different account is <strong>in</strong> W. of C., ii, 207.<br />

2 After caus<strong>in</strong>g the Welsh hostages to be hanged, on his way to subdue<br />

a ris<strong>in</strong>g of the Welsh.<br />

3 John's illegitimate daughter Joanna.<br />

4 John demanded hostages from the barons : Eustace de Vescy took<br />

refuge <strong>in</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong>, R.W., ii, 62. Cf. M.P., Chr. Maj., ii. 534. Ann. of Wore.,<br />

<strong>in</strong> A.M., iv, 400.<br />

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