Note 402 — Chapter XII · WILLIAM THE LION—1165–1214.

Hoveden 1173, p. 307. Newbridge, l. 2, c. 30. Diceto 1173. The latter makes William beg for a truce from the triumphant English nobles; but both the other writers maintain that the proposal first came from the English leaders, on hearing of the arrival of the Earl of Leicester. “Timuerunt valde,” writes Hoveden; “Cum eum (William) callida nostrorum dissimulatione laterent adhuc quæ nuntiabantur,” are the words of Newbridge. In the same chapter that historian speaks of Tweed dividing the kingdoms of England and Scotland—a clear proof that Lothian had not been restored to Henry seventeen years previously.