ROBERT CURSON 



Palaestina and came in his journey into Sicilia, he there 

 heard of the ill fortune of the king being fallen into his 

 enemies handes, and thereupon leaving his journey home- 

 wards, he went presently and in all haste to the place 

 where the king was captived, whom the king immediatly 

 upon his comming sent into England, that by the 

 authority of the councell, a tribute might be collected 

 for his redemption : which this Hubert performed with 

 great diligence, and delivered the king. After this he 

 was made Archbishop of Canterburie, and after the death 

 of king Richard he shewed the like dueties of fidelitie 

 and trust to his brother John that succeeded him. For 

 by a long oration he perswaded the whole nation of the 

 English men, that he was a very circumspect man, 

 vertuous, valiant, borne of noble parentage, and most 

 woorthy of the crowne. Whereupon he was so received 

 of all the people and crowned king. He wrote certaine 

 books, and died at the last with very great griefe of 

 minde, in the yeere 1205, having beene archbishop the 

 space of 1 1 yeres 8 moneths and sixe dayes, by reason of 

 the civil discords abroad, whereby all things went topsie 

 turvy, and in the reigne of king John. 



The travailes of Robert Curson. 



Obertus Curson ex nobili quodam An- 

 glorum ortus genere, disciplinis tum 

 prophanis, tum sacris studiosus incubuit, 

 idque (quantum ex conjecturis colligo) 

 in celebratissima Oxonii Academia. Prae- 

 stantissimis illic institutoribus usus, ex 

 summa circa ingenuas artes industria, 

 & assiduo literarum labore, famam sibi inter suos 

 celeberrimam comparavit. Ampliora deinde meditatus 

 Parisiorum Lutetiam, atque Romam ipsam petiit, illic 

 Theologus Doctor, hie vero Cardinalis effectus. Unde 

 uterque Matthaeus Parisius, ac Westmonasterius, hoc 

 de ipso testimonium adferunt : hie libro 2. ille 8. suorum 

 Chronicorum. Anno Domini. 12 18 (inquiunt) in cap- 



347 



A.D. 

 I218. 



