Note 447 — Chapter XII · WILLIAM THE LION—1165–1214.

Ben. Ab. 1188. Hoveden 1188, p. 366. Such, I think, is the purport of what may be gathered from the accounts of these two authorities, who at first sight appear to contradict each other. Hoveden appears to have confined his account to the actual meeting between William and the bishop of Durham; whilst the narrative of Benedict refers rather to the preceding negotiations.