ng the capture of Lord Grey, the Monk adds, "which we
grieve to say." The MS., without any such, expression of sympathy or
sorrow, says that "he fell into the snare which he had prepared for
others."[317]

[Footnote 317: In the MS. the word is "lacum,"
probably a mistake for "laqueum."]

4. The Monk merely records the return of Isabel to France; the MS.
reflects strongly on her return _without her dower_, and her feelings
of repugnance against receiving any boon from Henry, whom she regarded
as _Richard's enemy_.

5. Speaking of the battle of Homildon, the Monk says, "Of _our
countrymen_ only five were slain;" and adds, "We praise thee, O God,
because thou hast been mindful of us." The MS. says, "_And of the
English_ scarcely five were slain;" but adds no word of praise.

6. The Monk says, "From this time Owyn's cause seemed to grow (p. 430)
and prosper, _ours_ to decrease." This is omitted in the MS.

7. Whereas the Monk (describing the character of Richard in the very
words--and many are unusual words--adopted by the MS.) records that
Richard was in the habit of sitting throughout the night till the
morning in drinking, and "other occupations not to be named:" the MS.
omits the latter phrase. The Monk says there were _two_ points of
excellence in Richard's character; the MS., though confining itself to
the two specified by the Monk, calls them "very many," "_plura_."

8. In recording the commencement of Owyn Glyndowr's rebellion, the
Monk, speaking of it as "an execrable revolt," says that the Welsh
elected Owyn against the principles of peace [contra pacem elegerunt].
The MS. says that the Welsh elected a respectable and venerable
gentleman to be their leader and prince.

Our attention is now especially called to some points in which the MS.
seems to be so full of historical mistakes and improbabilities as to
render any statement of a fact, especially of an improbable fact, not
supported by other evidence, suspicious.[318]

[Footnote 318: The Author on the whole is rather
disposed to think that, whilst the Monk records
accurately what fell within his own knowledge, both
he and the author of the Sloane MS. in this part
borrowed from some common document, probably more
than one; for in some points they vary from each
other in a way best