Henry and Eadgar.
Eadgar goes to Scotland. sound policy, in any high sense, was not one of the attributes of William Rufus. Whatever may be said of Henry's relations towards Normandy, he was more likely to plot against his brother of England if he became a landless wanderer than if he remained Count of Coutances and Avranches. As for Eadgar, it might possibly have been a gain if he could have been sent back to Apulia or provided for in his native Hungary. As it was, he straightway betook himself to a land where he was likely to be far more dangerous than he could ever be in Normandy. As in the days of William the Great,[1] he went at once to the court of his brother-in-law of Scotland.[2] It may be that William presently saw that he had taken a false step in the treatment of both the Æthelings. At a later time we shall see both Henry and Eadgar enjoying his full favour and confidence.
The followers of each side to be restored.
The rebels of 1088 to be restored.
The man before whose eyes the crown of England had
twice been dangled in mockery, and the man who was
hereafter to grasp that crown with a grasp like that of
the Conqueror himself, were thus both doomed to be for
the moment despoiled of lands and honours. To men
of less exalted degree the treaty was more favourable.
King and Duke alike, so far to the credit of both of
them, stipulated for the safety and restoration of their
several partisans in the dominions of the other. All
supporters of William in any of those parts of Normandy
which were not to be ceded to him were to suffer
no harm at the hands of Robert. And, what was much
more important, all those who had lost their lands in
England three years before on account of their share
in the rebellion on behalf of Robert were to have their
