m gavrite tas tômpleÉdy fliaft. m. Geotfrjr, how- «ter, was îndHSereiit to this ; -for- ht. knew he bad jprovïfton and lores to laft ibr ferei.yearn, and .that his caftie was fe ftrongly placed upon m ttjek that it «raM not be taken by form; and, iiotwithfta&ding thefe block4icnries, and this fup-pofed complete blockade, he, at times, with fume of his companions, made fatties through a poftern that opened between two hidden rocks, and overran the country in iearch of wealthy ^prifoaers. They never brought any thing beiie with them I» the.caftie, on account of the diffi-culty of the pales. This opening could not be clofed, and, to the furprife of the country, they were found abroad feven leagues diftant: if they were by accident purfued, and had once regained their mountains, though the chace lifted. for three leagues, they confidered themfelves as fe-cure as if in their fort. This manner of harrafs-ing the country was long continued; and the fiege of the caftie, in the manner I have related, lafied for more than a year: by it the country was faved the large fums they ufed to pay as HXmpofition-money. • We will, :for the prefent, leave Ventadour, and, by way of variety, fpeak of other matters. J : . . CHAP.