having fuffered much from cold and hunger in addition to their late fears, of which they had not yet diverted themfelves. They marched over hill and dale until they came to fome villages ; foon afterwards they faw a large mpnaftery of black friars, called St. Hamons, where they refrefhed themielves during three days *. CHAP. X. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND BESEIGES HER HUSBAND IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL. *ΤΓΉΕ news of her arrival being fpread abroad, foon came to the knowledge of thofe lords by whofe advice ihe had returned : they got themfelves ready as foon as poffible to join her fon, whom they wilhed to have for their fovereign. The firil: who came was Henry earl of Lancafter, firnamed Wryneck, brother to the earl Thomas, who had been beheaded, and father of the duke of Lan cafter, who makes fo confpicuous a figure in the following hiftory. This earl Henry was attended by a great number of men at arms. After him came, from different parts, earls, barons, knights, and efquires, and with fuch an armed force, that * P. Vir. fays that this company landed in the county of Suffolk, and mentions a village called Orwel, in which they jefrefhcd themfelves. The Chronicle of Flanders calls it Norwell, and adds, that it is a fea-port. Annotations from Denis: gauyage's Edition. they