Note 322 — Chapter II · HENRY AND ROME. 1164–1172.
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Henry alleged that he had publicly sworn never to give Thomas the kiss of peace, and could not face the shame of breaking his oath. Garnier (Hippeau), p. 150; Herb. Bosh. (Robertson, Becket, vol. iii.), p. 450; Ep. dcxxiii. (ib. vol. vii.) pp. 198, 199; Thomas Saga, as above, p. 449. See in Herb. Bosh. (as above), p. 469, Will. Fitz-Steph. (ibid.), p. 115, and Thomas Saga (as above), p. 469, the contrivance by which he avoided it at Tours—or Amboise, in William’s version.