Chronicles of the Crusades

1 1 !)I.] TIIE ClIANCELLOR RESOLVES TO SI:RRENDER- 3 2
shoultl he: delivcrccl to the cnstoily of such as he should clloose,
they ldt only tl~rcc of the W:II;CS~, a111l lying :~t :L gwt distnuc:c
fro111 ench othor, to tilt. now ~llcreJy 1101nino1clwmllor.
Tl~c cl~ief justicc aftw tllc earl, the justiccs iti~iernl~t, the
Iwons of the Escl~ecjnc~, the constables of cnstles, all new, are
n.ppointer1 nfresh. Amonpt otl~ers tllcn pincrs, both tl~e
bisllol~ of \\Tinchester received the custo~lies wldl the ellanccllvr
Imd hken fron~II~III, wii1101lt diminution, and the lord
bishop of Durliali~ reccivecl the county of No~.tl~u~nI~erl:~~lc(.
Sect. 51. That unlucky Jay was declining towards ewning,
wllcn four bisliops, nncl ns nlnny e:l.rls, scut on tl~e pnrt of th(:
XRRPIIIIJIYto tiic cl~ancellor, explni~~ecl to l~i~n, to tl~c ictter, tho
ncts of the wl~ole d:~y. I-Ie vvm horror-strucl; at such LI~CX-
pecteil ~xesuri~ption and nrl,ogance, n~l~l, 11is vigour of ~nitrll
iiili~lg, Ile fell to the e:irtl~ so csl~anstecl, t1rn.t Ilc fo:l.n~etl nt
the n~outl~. Cold wntc~- beiug sp~~i~lklecl on l~is f m , he N-
~iuetl, nntl. I~nving riscn on Ilia f'cet, lle ndtlresscJ tlle Illesscngws
wit11 o tztern coiunte~~ance, saying, " There is one hell)
for the v:mrluislleil, to hop for no I~slp.:; You 11:~ve conluerd
and you have Lo~11id incauti~u~ly. If tl~c Lortl Cio(1 sII:L!I
-g~l~t nio to see 111ylord the king with my two cyes, be sure
this day hns shone inauspiciously for you. As n~ocl~ as in you
1:1.y, you lime now dcliverecl to tlic earl, wl~atcvcr was the
king's in the kingdonl. S:ly to him, I'rintn still lives. You,
who forgetful of your still surviving king, have elected to
yourselves another to be lord, tell to tLat your lord, tlint all
will turn out otlierwise tlml he supposes. I will not give up
the cnstles, I will not rcsigc t11c sad." Tlie messengers,
having retr~rned from him, relate11 to the cxrl what, tl~ey I I : ~
received, who ordercil the Tower to be more closcly besieged.
Scct. 52. The choncel.lor was slccplcss the part of
tllc night (because 110 who docs not sct hi3 niinll 011 honest
st~dics nncl pursuits will toss n.l)out mnkefnl t11ro11~l1 hate or
love) ; ~ ud:~tthe snnle tirnc: his pco[.)le tlisturletl bin1 more
tl~an his conscience, fdling l.)r~~fitr:~t~ at his fcet, 3,11d entreat,ing
witli tears t11i~t ha woulcl yiclcl to ncccssity, and riot
strntch forth his nrtnfi apxinst the torrent. Ile, though ilnrclcr
than iron, is snftenctl hy the piteous counsel of those who
were weeping rouncl Iiin~; pin 2nd agniu ln,~in~fainted with
* Una salus victis nullilm sperare sa1utem.-VI~G~,.