[1] The lords that tooke part with his sonne, being ad|uertised by espials of the dooings of the father, and hearing that he was readie (if he were constreined) to defend himselfe by battell, Wil. Paruus. N. Triuet. Polydor. and yet willing to re|ceiue his sons into his fauour againe, if they would be reformed, they tooke great care how to cause his sons to persist in their enterprise, till the father were compelled by force to resigne the gouernment vnto them. But none more than the French king coueted to mainteine the discord, till it might be ended by force of armes: and therfore sent vnto king Henrie the sonne, willing him to come to Paris, where he caused a councell to be called, & there made a league betwixt the said Henrie and himselfe, with William king of Scotland, Hugh earle of Chester, William Patrike the elder, N. Triuet Polydor. the thrée sons of Robert earle of Mellent, whose castels king Henrie the elder had in possession, Roger Moumbray, Hugh Bigot, and di|uerse other complices of the conspiracie, Flabella sedi|tionum, that tooke part with Henrie the sonne.