n us hâve eompaflloa on the inhabitants: by vçtfpm of the town, we (ball fgop gain the caftle;' The knights again weit to th£ townfnaep, apd received their fubmiffious. They all came out to the plain, and prefenting the ]keys of the town to the earl, faid, ' Deajr fir, from this day forXvardjf we acknowledge ,QU)rfçlvps as your loyal fubje&s, and'place ourfelves, jn every refpeft, under the obedience of the king of England/ They fwore by their heads, that they would no, in any manner, affift or fuccour thofe in the caftle, but, on the contrary, diftrefs thegi all ip their power* The earl forbade, under pain of death, th*t any "hurt Ihould bp done towards the inhabitants of la Rèole. He then entered it with his pripy, and furrounding the caftle, ereHed all his machines ! Sgainft it; but they did little mifchief, for the caftle Vras very high, and built of a hard ilone. It was £r#6tcd a long time fince by the Saracens, who laid the fondations fo ftrong, and with fuch curious workroanftiip, that the buildings of our time can* pot be compared to it. When the earl found that his machines had no effect, he commanded them to defift; and, as he was çot without miners in his army, he ordered them to undermine the ditches of the caftle, fo that they might pafis under. Th* Was not, however, fpou done.