Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times / Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including Authentic Anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an Early Period of the English History

by Samuel Pegge

[90] "Per Vultum di Lucca." See Lord Lyttelton's note, vol. i. p. 424, octavo. I have seen a private letter from his Lordship in defence of his opinion.

[91] Higden.

[92] "Ipse namque, et qui ei famulabantur (says Matthew Paris) omnia rapiebant, omnia conterebant, et subvertebant. Adulteria violenter, et impunè committebant, quicquid fraudis et nequitiæ antea non erat, his temporibus pullulavit." Henry of Huntingdon uses nearly the same, but rather stronger, expressions.

[93] Introduction to History of Henry II.

[94] Saxon Chronicle, p. 237.

[95] Morem fratris sui Willielmi Regis secutus. Eadmer.

[96] Aide à Fille marier.

[97] Polydore Vergil.

[98] Eadmer.

[99] Lord Lyttelton.