[1] Prop. lib. 2.When this dooing of the quéene was signified vn|to the said Constance, she doubting the suertie of hir sonne, committed him to the trust of the French king, who receiuing him into his tuition, promised to defend him from all his enimies, and foorthwith furnished the holds in Britaine with French souldi|ers. Quéene Elianor being aduertised hereof,Quéene Eli|anor passeth into Nor|mandie. stood in doubt by and by of hir countrie of Guien, and therefore with all possible speed passed ouer the sea, and came to hir sonne Iohn into Normandie, and shortlie after they went foorth togither into the coun|trie of Maine, and there tooke both the citie and ca|stell of Mauns,The citie of Mauns takẽ. throwing downe the wals and tur|rets therof, with all the fortifications and stone-hou|ses in and about the same, and kept the citizens as prisoners, Matth. Paris. R. Houed. bicause they had aided Arthur against his vncle Iohn.