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He supported the sons of Henry II. in their rebellions, and was always the bitter foe of the head of the family. Philip assumed the cross in 1187, on the tidings of the loss of Jerusalem, and in 1190 joined Richard I. HE SUPPORTED THE SONS OF HENRY THE SECOND IN THEIR REBELLIONS AND WAS ALWAYS THE BITTER FOE OF THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY PHILIP ASSUMED THE CROSS IN ELEVEN EIGHTY SEVEN ON THE TIDINGS OF THE LOSS OF JERUSALEM AND IN ELEVEN NINETY JOINED RICHARD THE FI
ts, and all practically independent of the king. But now nearly all the provinces of southern and western France were gathered into the hand of a single ruler; and though he was a Frenchman in blood, yet, as he was King of England, this ruler seemed to his French subjects no Frenchman, but a foreigner. They began therefore to look to the French king to free them from a foreign ruler; and the son of Louis VII., called _Philip Augustus_, was ready to take advantage of their disposition. Philip was a really able man, making up by address for want of personal courage. He set himself to lower the power of the house of Anjou and increase that of the house of Paris. As a boy he had watched conferences between his father and Henry under the great elm of Gisors, on the borders of Normandy, and seeing his father overreached, he laid up a store of hatred to the rival king. As soon as he had the power, he cut down the elm, which was so large that 300 horsemen could be sheltered under its branches. OR COUNTS AND ALL PRACTICALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE KING BUT NOW NEARLY ALL THE PROVINCES OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FRANCE WERE GATHERED INTO THE HAND OF A SINGLE RULER AND THOUGH HE WAS A FRENCHMAN IN BLOOD YET AS HE WAS KING OF ENGLAND THIS RULER SEEMED TO HIS FRENCH SUBJECTS NO FRENCHMAN BUT A FOREIGNER THEY BEGAN THEREFORE TO LOOK TO THE FRENCH KING TO FREE THEM FROM A FOREIGN RULER AND THE SON OF LOUIS THE SEVENTH CALLED PHILIP AUGUSTUS WAS READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR DISPOSITION PHILIP WAS A REALLY ABLE MAN MAKING UP BY ADDRESS FOR WANT OF PERSONAL COURAGE HE SET HIMSELF TO LOWER THE POWER OF THE HOUSE OF ANGELE AND INCREASE THAT OF THE HOUSE OF PARIS AS A BOY HE HAD WATCHED CONFERENCES BETWEEN HIS FATHER AND HENRY UNDER THE GREAT ELM OF JIZOR ON THE BORDERS OF NORMANDY AND SEEING HIS FATHER OVERREACHED HE LAID UP A STORE OF HATRED TO THE RIVAL KING AS SOON AS HE HAD THE POWER HE CUT DOWN THE ELM WHICH WAS SO LARGE THAT THREE HUNDRED HORSEMEN COULD BE SHELTERED UNDER ITS BRANCHES
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