[65] Dugdale’s Baronage.
[66] His deeds, assassination, and burial, are thus recorded by Robert of Gloucester:—
“As noble bodi in he smot, he nolde longe abide,
He slou to ground her and ther, vaste on either side,
More prowesse ne mizte of bodi be,
Than me mizte of Richard the marschal there ise.”
Then describing the nature of the wound given him by an assassin—“in aboute the fondement as he vnarmed was,” adds—
“At Kildar he was aslawe that in Yrlonde is,
And at the frere prechors ibured, at Kilkenni, iwis.
Tho vr Kyng Henry hurde of is deth telle,
And of the prowesse that he dude, ar me him mizte quelle,
And he vnderstod of his wit, and of is wisdom,
Him thozte it was a gret love to al is kinedom,
Vor is deth he made deol inou, and for is soule he let do
Almes dede mani on, and mani masse al so.”
[67] Baronage. Mat. of Paris. Mat. Westm. “Being suspected of overmuch gallantry towards the wife of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales (sister of King Henry), he was by him subtilely invited to an Easter feast, but after the entertainment was over, he was charged therewith, and cast into prison, where he suffered death by a barbarous murder. Some say he was hanged, and the princess with him.”—Dugdale. Bar. 419.
[68] Rogerus Bygod, Comes Norfolciæ, dedit ecclesiæ de Tynterna dominium de Eccle ac ecclesiam S. Edwardi de Halbergate ē omnibus eorum pertinenciis.
[69] The hospitaler was allowed to drink with any orderly person, for the sake of sociality, at the direction and request of that person, without asking leave.—Licet hostilario, etc.
[70] St. Bernard induced all his brothers, five in number, to follow his example of retirement. His only sister still remained in the world; but coming to visit the monastery in the dress, and with the attendance of a lady of quality, she found herself treated with so much neglect, that, bursting into tears, she said, “True it is, I am a sinner, yet, nevertheless, it was for such that Jesus died.” Moved by expressions so truly evangelical, Bernard remitted his severity, gave her directions suitable to the taste of the age, and probably still better advice; but all that Gulielmus, the writer here quoted, has thought fit to record, is, that Bernard’s sister became a nun, and resembled her brother in piety.—Life of St. Bernard.
[71] Brit. Monach.: art. Guest-Hall.