AsKingJohnhadnowsubmitted,thePope,toKingPhilip\'sgreatastonishment,tookhimunderhisprotection,andinformedKingPhilipthathefoundhecouldnotgivehimleavetoinvadeEngland.
TheangryPhilipresolvedtodoitwithouthisleavebuthegainednothingandlostmuch;for,theEnglish,commandedbytheEarlofSalisbury,wentover,infivehundredships,totheFrenchcoast,beforetheFrenchfleethadsailedawayfromit,andutterlydefeatedthewhole.
ThePopethentookoffhisthreesentences,oneafteranother,andempoweredStephenLangtonpubliclytoreceiveKingJohnintothefavouroftheChurchagain,andtoaskhimtodinner.TheKing,whohatedLangtonwithallhismightandmain-andwithreasontoo,forhewasagreatandagoodman,withwhomsuchaKingcouldhavenosympathy-pretendedtocryandtobeVERYgrateful.TherewasalittledifficultyaboutsettlinghowmuchtheKingshouldpayasarecompensetotheclergyforthelosseshehadcausedthem;
but,theendofitwas,thatthesuperiorclergygotagooddeal,andtheinferiorclergygotlittleornothing-whichhasalsohappenedsinceKingJohn\'stime,Ibelieve.
Whenallthesematterswerearranged,theKinginhistriumphbecamemorefierce,andfalse,andinsolenttoallaroundhimthanhehadeverbeen.AnallianceofsovereignsagainstKingPhilip,gavehimanopportunityoflandinganarmyinFrance;withwhichheeventookatown!But,ontheFrenchKing\'sgainingagreatvictory,heranaway,ofcourse,andmadeatruceforfiveyears.