[1] After this, when he had fortified this place, he went to castell Galiard, which he besieged;Castell Ga|liard. and though by the high valiancie of Hugh de Gourney the cap|teine there, the Frenchmen were manfullie beaten backe, and kept out for a moneth and more, yet at length by streict siege and neare approches hardlie made, Matth. Paris. the fortresse was deliuered into the French kings hands.Hugh de Gourney re|uolteth from king Iohn. And in the end the said Hugh Gourney reuolted from his obedience, deliuering also the ca|stell of Mountfort vnto the French king, which ca|stell with the honor thereto apperteining king Iohn had giuen to the same Hugh, not verie long before. All this while king Iohn did lie at Rouen: but forso|much as he could not well remedie the matter as then, bicause he wanted such helpe as he dailie looked for out of England, and durst not trust any of that side, he passed it ouer with a stout countenance for a while, and would saie oftentimes to such as stood a|bout him;

What else dooth my c [...]sen the French [...] now, than steale those things from me, which herea [...]|ter I shall indeuour my selfe to cause him to restore with interest?

But when he saw that his enimies would still procéed,K. Iohn com|meth back in|to England. and that no aid came out of Eng|land, he came ouer himselfe, and landed at Portes|mouth [page 167] on S. Nicholas day.