The earl marfhal, feeing Ms challenge was ac-cepted, fhewed a good dcfire for the combat^ by taking up the glove and faying,—f I refer your anfwer to the good pleafurc of the king and the lords now prefent. I will prove that what you have faid is fklfe/and that my words are true.* Each of thefe lords then withdrew with his friends, and the time for ferving wine and (pices was paged by j for the king fliewed he was fore dHplçafed, and retired to his chamber and fliut himfelf within it. His two uncles remained with-out with their children, as did the earl of Salifbury aod Huntingdon, the king's brother. Soon afterward, the king called to him his uncles, and demanded from them how he was to a£fc on this occafion. c Sire, order your con-table hither, and we will tell you/ The earl of Rutland, conftable of England, being fcnt for, came, and he was tôldt—c Gonflable, go to the carl of Derby and the carl marflial, and oblige them to promife not to quit the kingdom without the king's permifiion/ The conftable obeyed the order, and returned to the king's apartment. You may believe the whole court was greatly troubled by this event, and many barons and knights were much difpleafed, who blamed the earl marflial for his conduit * but what he had faid he could not now rctraft, and he fliewed by his manners that he made light of it, fo arrogant and fwollen with pride was his heart. The lords now fepa-ratcd, each for his own home. The duke of Lancafter, ' in fpite of appearances, was much vexed 41