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securing safety at the expense of independence.* In 1211 

 King John of England sent Fulko de Cantelupe to Man 

 for the purpose of punishing Reginald for his share in 

 the rebellion of De Courcy. Reginald fled to Lewis for 

 safety, returning to Man after De Cantelupe's departure. 



We now return to Olave, the rightful heir to Man and 

 the Nordereys. Youth was a fault which time removed, 

 and Reginald had not occupied the throne many years 

 before he realised that his half-brother who is described 

 by Sacheverell as "a master of refined qualities, mild, just, 

 sedate, pious, liberal, and handsome the darling of the 

 ladies " would soon prove a thorn in his side, if not put 

 out of the way. A man of all the virtues and all the 

 talents, such as Olave was pictured by the historian of the 

 seventeenth century, was indeed a formidable rival in any 

 case, and was doubly dangerous by reason of his un- 

 doubted right to the throne. Not daring to take the 

 shortest, the most obvious, and from his standpoint, the 

 most desirable means, of ridding himself of his brother, 

 Reginald determined to get him as far away from Man 

 as possible. With that object, he made him a present of 

 Lewis, and sent him north to govern the island. That 

 Olave did not appreciate the Island of Lewis is clear from 

 the Chronicles of Man. Camden describes the gift and its 

 reception in the following terms, viz. : 



" Reginald gave to his brother Olave the Isle of Lodhus, 

 which is counted larger than any of the other islands, but 

 thinly peopled, because it is mountainous and stony, and 

 almost unfit for tillage in all parts. The inhabitants live 

 generally by hunting and fishing. Olave thereupon went 

 to take possession of this island and dwelt there in a poor 



* The following extracts from the Syllabus of Rymer^s Foedera illustrate 

 the subserviency of Reginald to the King of England and the Pope. 



Feb. 8, 1205. The King (of England) takes into his protection Reginald, 

 lung of Man, his lands, and men. 



May 16, 1212. Reginald, King of the Isles, notifies that he has become 

 the King's liegeman. 



Sept. 21, 1219. Reginald, King of the Isles, surrenders the Isle of Man to 

 the Pope to be held by him in fee. 



Sept. 24, 1219. Letters of protection for Reginald, he having done homage 

 to the King, 



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