But to returne to our historie. After the expulsi|on of the bishop of Durham, Matt. Pari [...] and other of his adhe|rents, Anno Reg. 3. 1090 the king passed ouer into Normandie, purpo|sing to depriue his brother of that dukedome, and be|ing arriued there, he besieged and tooke S. Ualerie, Albemarle, and diuerse other townes and castels, wherein he placed a number of his best souldiers, the better to mainteine warre against his foresaid bro|ther. Simon Dun. Warres be|twixt the king and his bro|ther Robert. Herevpon also the said Robert sent vnto the French king for aid, who came downe at his request with a noble armie, and besieged one of those castels which king William had latelie woone; howbeit by such meanes as king William made, in sending to the French king an huge summe of monie, he raised his siege shortlie & returned home againe. At length a peace was concluded betwixt king William and the duke his brother, Anno Reg. 4. 1091 but yet verie dishonorable to the said Robert:

Gemeticensis. A peace con|cluded.

Simon Dun. M [...]tth. West. Matt. Paris.

for it was accorded, that king Wil|liam should reteine & still inioy the countie of Ewe, with Fescampe, the abbasie of mount S. Michell, [...]hersburg, and all those other places which he had woone & gotten out of his hands in this his late voi|age. On the other side it was agréed, that king Wil|liam should aid the duke to recouer all other places beyond the seas, which belonged to their father. Also, that such Normans as had lost anie of their lands & liuings in England, for taking part with the duke in the late rebellion, should be restored to the same. And furthermore, that whether soeuer of both should die first, the suruiuer should be his heire, and succeed in his dominions.