40/54 So anxious was Henry to accommodate all differences, and to reconcile himself fully with Becket, that he took the most extraordinary steps to flatter his vanity, and even on one occasion humiliated himself so far as to hold the stirrup of that haughty prelate while he mounted.[***] [* Fitz-Steph. p. 520.] [** Hist Quad.p.104.Brompton, p, 1062. |