Chronicles of the Crusades

n~ith nly lord tl~c ki~y of thc French, who lorl,gcs in tl~c city,
:cncl wit11 311 his t'ollowcrs, sl~nll perfect pc:rcc bc prt:-twc,~l.
1,ct two tl~ousl~ntl bole1 linigl~ts,+~ tllc clloice of tl~e c~~tirc nrlny,
and n thonsnr~~l foot., :~rcl~e~,s, be u~nde I.C:LIIY witl~iu two cI:~,y.s.
Lct tllc 1n.w LC cnl'orced witlrcrut rclliission ; 1ct the Funtn~nn,
vl~oiiiw frill sl,cctl, lvse 11is t'uot, the knigl~t bc clcl)rivell of
his gir~lle. Let elcry rnnn, according to mi litnry tliscil~inc,
be clisp~)sed in line ill csnct :L~I.:LY, md 011 tl~c thin1 thy, at the
so~lntlof the I~orn, Ict tLc111 follow ~nc. 1 will Ileael tl~cn~ ant1
sl~ew tlleln the wny to tl~e city !" The nssenlbly sepnrn.tetl
wit11 the grc:~test npl)l:i.~lsc ; the kil~g, 11:~vin~ rr!nsetl tlle
st~~.nncss of his co~~~~teunuce,rccu was rclur~~ing tbar11;s lor
tllcir good-will mitb llis wouted aK~bility of esp~~ssi,rn.
'
Sect. 25. It wouclerf~llly fell out tht not eve11 tl~c I-' ""5'
enCJlly cuulcl pretend tllat llis came W:L~ ur~just. On the th~rd
d3.y un wl~icll tl~c :Lrnly was to 11:~ve been Ictl forth to battle,
very e:wly in tl~c ~iluruiug, ilichsscl, arclll)isllup of Messina,
the n.rcl~l~isl~up of Plorrtrcsl, thc :~~d~bisI~op ~JSlJisn,
Mxgarilus
Acllnirnlis, Jordan cle I'in, and ruany other of King Tan-
,crctl's L~nrilii~r fri~uds, 113\,ing tnl