[1] The French king hauing (as I haue said) ouer|throwne the wals of Balun, besieged a fortresse cal|led Lauardin,Lauardin. but king Iohn comming with an ar|mie, caused him to raise his siege, and to withdraw himselfe to the citie of Mauns, whither he followed, and compelled him (manger his force) to remoue from thence. All this while was William de Ro|ches busilie occupied about his practise,William de Roches. to make king Iohn and his nephue Arthur fréends, which thing at length he brought about, and therevpon deliuered in|to king Iohns hands the citie of Mauns which he had in kéeping.The vicount of Tours. Also the vicount of Tours came to the king of England, and surrendred vnto him the ca|stell of Chinon, the keeping whereof he betooke vnto Roger de Lacie the conestable of Chester. But in the night folowing, vpon some mistrust and suspicion gathered in the obseruation of the couenants on K. Iohns behalfe, both the said Arthur,The mistrust that duke Ar|thur had in his vncle king Iohn. with his mother Constance the said vicount of Tours, and diuerse o|ther, fled awaie secretlie from the king, and got them to the citie of Angiers, where the mother of the said Arthur refusing hir former husband the earle of Che|ster, married hir selfe to the lord Guie de Tours, bro|ther to the said vicount, by the popes dispensation. The same yere, Philip bastard sonne to king Richard, to whome his father had giuen the castell and honor of Coinacke, killed the vicount of Limoges,Philip king Richards ba|stard son [...] the vicount of Limoges. in re|uenge of his fathers death, who was slaine (as yee haue heard) in besieging the castell of Chalus Cheuerell.