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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... the minority of henry iii chapter I the war with louis 1216-1217 Iniit ergo omnis multitudo pactum in domo Dei cum rege, dixitque ad eos Joiada: Ecce, Alius regis regnabit. P. 39, note 3, line 6, for "li" read "le"; and line 7, for "walls" read "wall." Pp. 99-102 passim, for " Gaugy " read " Gouy "; and make a correspond-ing correction in index. P. 139, last line, for "Doe"" read " Douai." P. 148, last line of note 5, for " 13th" read " 12th." P. 154, note 1, line 2, for "two" read "three." P. 160, line 6 of note, for " later in the summer" read " early next year." P. 212, line 1 of second paragraph, for " twenty-eight " read " twenty-five." P. 225, line 11, for "falx, faulx" read "faus or faue." P. 291, line 20 of second paragraph, dele "and"; and after " Devizes" insert " and Ralf Gernon that of Corfe." a.j...uiuui diiy leader to direct their action, took upon themselves and faithfully and successfully fulfilled the duty of carrying into effect John's last wishes, so far as lay in their power, by conveying his B the minority of henry iii chapter I the war with louis 1216-1217 Iniit ergo omnis multitudo pactum in domo Dei cum rege, dixitque ad eos Joiada: Ecce, Alius regis regnabit. On the 19th of October, 1216, King John lay dead in Newark 1216 castle. Nearly half of his realm, including the capital, was in the hands of a foreign invader who was supported by a numerous and powerful section of the English baronage as well as by the citizens of London; and