[1] With this entrance of the yeare of our lord 1203, king Iohn held his Christmasse at Caen, where not hauing (as s [...]me writers say) sufficient regard to the necessarie affaires of his wars, Matth. Par [...]. he gaue his [...]ind to bankettin [...], and passed the time in pleasure with the queene his wife, to the great gréefe of his lords, so that they perceiuing his retchlesse demeanour (or as some write, the doubtfull minds of the Nobilitie which serued on that side, and were readie dailie to reuolt from his obedience) withdrew their dutifull hearts from him, and therefore getting licence, re|turned home into England.