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he imprisoned Arthur in the castle, and despatched his victorious
troops against Arthur's duchy; they captured Dol and Fougeres, and
harried the country as far as Rennes. Philip, after ravaging Touraine,
fired the city of Tours and took the citadel; immediately afterward he
withdrew to his own territories, as by that time John was again at
Chinon. As soon as Philip was gone, John, in his turn, entered Tours
and wrested the citadel from the French garrison left there by his
rival; but his success was won at the cost of another conflagration,
which, an English chronicler declares, was never forgiven him by the
citizens and the barons of Touraine.
For the moment, however, he was in luck. In Aquitaine he seemed in a
fair way to carry all before him without striking a blow. Angouleme
had passed into his hands by the death of his father-in-law on June
17th. Guy of Limoges had risen in revolt again, but at the end of
August or early in September he was captured. The Lusignans, from
their prison at Caen, made overtures for peace, and by dint of
protestations and promises succeeded ere long in regaining their
liberty, of course on the usual conditions of surrendering their
castles and giving hostages for their loyalty.
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