[1] [2] This yeare Geffrey the kings son who was earle of Britaine died at Paris,The death of Geffrey the kings sonne. and was buried in the same citie, leauing behind him (besides two daugh|ters) one onlie sonne as then in his mothers wombe, of whom she was deliuered in the night of the feast of Easter next insuing hir husbands death: he was named Arthur, and succeeded his father in the earle|dome of Britaine. His fathers death was occasio|ned (as men iudge) by a fall which he caught at a iour|nie, for he was sore bruised therewith, and neuer had his health, but finallie fell into a flix and so died.