Montgomery excused himself; but the king insisted.

The tilt took place.

The two jousters, on meeting, broke their lances skilfully; but Montgomery forgot to drop at once, according to usage, the fragment remaining in his hand; he unintentionally struck the king's helmet and raised the visor, and a splinter of wood entered Henry's eye, who fell forward upon his horse's neck.

All the appliances of art were useless; the brain had been injured.

Henry II.