CHAPTER II
JOHN COUNT OF MORTAIN
1189–1199
Then ther com most wykke tydyng
To Quer de Lyoun Richard our kyng,
How off Yngelonde hys brother Ihon,
That was accursyd off flesch and bon,
. . . . . .
. . . wolde with maystry off hand
Be crownyd kyng in Yngeland.
Richard Coer de Lion, ll. 6267–70, 6273–4.
1189