to the court, ech hoping at their comming thither to find some meanes
that he might be made abbat of that house. Being thus agreed, to the
court they come, and there offer verie largelie to the king to obteine
their sute: who perceiuing their greedie desires, and casting
his eies about the chamber, espied by chance an other moonke (that came
to beare them companie, being a more sober man, and simple after his
outward appearance) whom he called vnto him,
and asked what he would giue him to be made abbat of the foresaid
abbeie. The moonke after a little pause, made answere, that he would
giue nothing at all for
anie such purpose, since he entred into that profession
of meere zeale to despise riches & all worldlie pompe, to the end he
might the more quietlie serue God in holinesse &
puritie of conuersation. Saiest thou so, quoth the king, then art thou
euen he that art worthie to gouerne this house: and streightwaie he
bestowed the house vpon him, iustlie refusing the other two, to their
open infamie and
reproch. [Sidenote: _Matt. Paris._] [Sidenote: An. Reg. 3. 1090.] But to
returne to our historie. After the expulsion
of the
bishop of Durham, and other of his adherents, the king passed ouer into
Normandie, purposing to depriue
his brother of that dukedome, and being arriued
there, he besieged and tooke S. Ualerie, Albemarle, and diuerse
other townes and castels, wherein he placed a number
of his best souldiers, [Sidenote: _Simon Dun._ Warres betwixt the king
and
his brother Robert.] the better to mainteine warre against his foresaid
brother. Herevpon
also the said Robert sent vnto the French king for aid, who came
downe at his request with a noble armie, and besieged one o
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