Excerpt from The History of the Reign of Henry the Second, and of Richard and John, His Sons, Vol. 2: With the Events of the Period From 1154 to 1216, in Which the Character of Thomas a Becket Is Vindicated From the Attacks of George Lord Lyttelton Accefion qicbara', i.=-fir/t meafures of bis government,6. - He goes to France, io. Tents in England, 1 I. - Tae kings depart for Aja, I 3.-t/9e march and deatb of Frederic, 1 6 - Tbe kings arrive at Me/ina, 1 8. - State of Sicily, 20. - Tbe}fpcy3' tbe winter in the i/lana', 22. - Carious interview oetween Ricbard and Tan'crea', 28. - E Zeanor bafuing arr'i'vea' wit/a Berengaria, the fleets fail, 31.-ptolemais is taken, when Philip returns to Europe, 34.-ric/9aras exploits, 37.-di/tur aances in England, 41. - Ricbara'1eafues Palefiine, 48. - Is taken prifoner, 51. - Negotiations for in. Relea/e, 54. - Hé returns to England, and goes into France eaus occurrences, 6 9. Terms of peace between tae kings, 87. Dies, 91. - His cbarafier, 94. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.