[Sidenote: Penance.] 8 That préests, who leauing their wiues, would
be content to serue God & the altar, should be suspended from that
office, by the space of fortie daies, and be allowed to haue vicars
in the meane time to serue for them: and after, vpon performance of
their inioined penance by the bishop, they might return to their
function.

[Sidenote: _Polydor._ Philip king of Fran. dead. Lewis le gros K. of
France.] In this meane time king Henrie being aduertised of the death of
Philip king of France, and not knowing what his sonne Lewes, surnamed
Crassus might happilie attempt in his new preferment to the crowne,
sailed ouer into Normandie, to see the countrie in good order, and the
townes, castels, and fortresses furnished accordinglie as the doubtfull
time required. [Sidenote: Ambassadors from the emperour.] Now after he
had finished his businesse on that side, he returned into England, where
he met with ambassadours sent to him from the emperour Henrie. The
effect of whose message was, to require his daughter Maud in mariage
vnto the said emperour, wherevnto (though she was not then past fiue
yeares of age) he willinglie consented, and shewing to the ambassadours
great signes of loue, [Sidenote: Maud the kings daughter fianced vnto
the emperour.] he caused the espousals by waie of procuration to be
solemnized with great feasts and triumphs. This being ended, he suffered
the ambassadors honored with great gifts and princelie rewards to
depart.

[Sidenote: _Eadmerus._ The death of Gerard archbishop of Yorke. Thomas
the kings chapleine succéeded in that sée.] About this time Gerard
archbishop of Yorke died, whom one Thomas the kings chapleine succeeded,
who for lacke of monie to furnish his iournie, and for other causes (as
in his letters of excuse, which he wrot to Anselme it dooth appeere)