Α.η. 1173. TREATY ΛΥΠΗ THE EARL OF MATTRIENNE. 365 of her soul, without too greatly diminishing the earldom. Also, that the king should make payment immediately to the earl of one thousand marks of silver ; and that as soon as he should receive the earl's daughter, the latter should have at least another thousand marks of silver; and that whatever should remain unpaid of the five thousand marks, the earl should receive the same when the marriage should have taken place between the king's son and the earl's daughter, either by reason of lawful age or throughthe dispensation of the Church of Rome. But, if our lord the king, which God forbid, should chance to die first, or should depart from his territories, then, neither he nor they who, at his command had made oath and had given any security to the earl, should be bound by the covenants above-written, but only our lord the king, the king's son and his people. Accordingly, a few days having elapsed, there came into the territories of the king of England, on behalf of the earl of Maurienne, the marquis of Montferrat, Geoffrey de Plozac, and Merlo, his son, the chancellor of earl Richard, and Berlo de Cambot, and Peter de Bouet, his castellans, together with Peter de Saint Genese, and Peter de Turin, knights, and Geoffrey de Aquabella, and Ralph de Varci, burgesses. Touching the Holy Evangelists, these persons made oath that they would strictly cause the earl to observe the covenants made between the king and the earl, as to the son of the king and the daughter of the earl, in such manner as they had been lawfully entered into, written, and understood. And, if he should not observe the same, they made oath that, on the summons of the king or of his messenger, or even without any such summons, if they should happen to know that the earl had de parted therefrom, they would, from the time of knowing thereof, surrender themselves as hostages to the king in his own realm, and would remain in his custody until sueh time as they should have prevailed upon the earl to perform the king's pleasure, or have made an arrangement with our lord the king to his satisfaction. The before-named envoys also made oath that the earl should not give his second daughter in marriage until his eldest daughter should have been united in marriage with the king's son, either by reason of being of lawful age, or through the dispensation of the Church of Rome ; unless by the consent and desire of our lord β