re-placing him on the throne, on account of his having married the daughter of their king/ The king of England made no reply, but, leaving them in converfation, wçnt to his falconers, and, placing a falcon on his wrift, forgot all in feeding him. ' CHAP. XXXH. * . THE DEATH Of RING RICHARD.—THE TRUCES ARE RENEWED AND KEPT BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. THE EARL MARSHAL, WHO HAD BBEN BANISHED ENGLAND, DIES AT _ VENICE. TT was not long after this that a true report was current in London of the death of Richard of Bourdeaux.. I could not learn the particulars of it, .nor how it happened, the day I wrote thefe chronicles. Richard of Bourdeaiuu, when dead, was placed on a litter covered witn Mack, and a canopy of the fame. Four black horfes were harnefled to it, and two varlets in mourning con-ducted the litter, followed by four knights drefled alfo in mourning. Thus they left the Tower of London, where he had died, and paraded the ftreets at a foot's pace until they cape to Cheap* fide, which is the greaceft thoroughfare irt the city; and there they halted for upwards of two hours* More than twenty ' thoufand pcrfons, of both fexes; 190