Note 736 — Chapter IV · HENRY AND THE BARONS. 1166–1175.

Will. Newb. as above. R. Diceto as above, p. 378. She had been with her husband in France, and returned with him to England; ib. p. 377. According to Jordan Fantosme, vv. 980–992 (Michel, p. 46), it was she who urged him to the march which led to his ruin, in defiance of his own dread of the royal forces. See also in Jordan, vv. 1070–1077 (Michel, p. 50) the story of her trying to drown herself in a ditch to avoid being captured; and that in Mat. Paris, as above, of her throwing away her ring. This latter seems to be only another version of Jordan’s; cf. his v. 1072.