Note 1320 — Chapter VI · THE LAST YEARS OF HENRY II. 1183–1189.
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Gesta Hen. (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 71. How hard it was to manage all this we learn from Gerald: “Vix annulus digito, vix sceptrum manu, vix capiti corona sicut decuit, quia de aurifrigio quodam veteri inventa fuit, vix ulla prorsus insignia regalia nisi per emendicata demum suffragia, eaque minus congruentia suppetiere.” De Instr. Princ. as above (p. 158). The chronicle of Laon, a. 1187, quoted in note (ibid.), adds that the gold fringe of which the crown was made came off a lady’s dress.