Chronicles of the Crusades

1 0 . 1 ~ 1 ~ 1 1 . PLAW i ~ ~ ' ~,~G.\IXST JIFSSIXA. 17
wit,l~ my lord the king of tlrc French, who lodges in the city,
and wit11 all 11is followc~.~, s11:~ll 1)dcct ~C:LCCbe prcservc(l.
Let two tl~ousnncl bold Iknigl~ts," the choice of ll~c cntirc! :trlrly,
and 3 tl~ousnrd fuot, :~rchers, bc ulncle re:rtly within two tl:~ys
Lct the 1n.w be enl'u'orced without rc~~~issiou ; let thc fuot~nnn,
who flics full sl,ced, lose 11is fuot, tl~e knight be deprivetl of
i s I e . Let cvcry Illnn, nccortli~~g to n~ilitnry cliscil)linc,
he tliul~osccl in line ill cs:~ct :~rr:~y, ~ c un I tl~c thild clay, at the
,SOIIII~of the 11o1.11, Ict tl~cn~ f'ollow IIIC. I will head tl~cin n,nd
sl~ew tlleln tllc w:xy to tl~c city !" The a.seinbly separ;i.tetl
wit11 tl~c grcntest a1)plnrise; the king, Ilaving rt:lns.ml the
stern~lessof his counteuaucc, W ~ SCCII ~CLUIWIII~tlla111~sfor
tllcir goo(1-\\.ill wit11 Ilis wontcd nffl~bility of esl>ression.
Sect. 25. It wonclerfully fell out tLnt not evcn the king's
ellellly coul~l I,rctcr~d tl~:~t his cawe W:LS un-just. On the tllircl
Jay ou \vllicb tile nrmy was to lrave becn 1~11 forth to battle,
\,cry early in the n~~rni~~g, RicIlard, :~'orcl~bisllop of' Rles~ina,
tlle rncl~l~isl~op of' Mont~ml, tl~c :~'orcl~bishop of' l'isn, M;~~*garitus
Adr~~iralis, Jordan de l'in, 2nd nlany otl~cr of' King Tzncreel's
fhn~iliar fric~~du, 11nvi11g hkcn with tl~e~n Philip, kills
- of the Bre11c11, tl~c bisl~up of' Carnot, t,l~c dukc of l3ulgu11d~,
the counts of A'cvers a ~ Peroh, ~ d :~nd nnny f'ollowcrs of the
king of France, also, the arcl~bishops of liouen and Auch, tl~e
bisl~ops of J3vren.u and Bnyo~~nc, and all who werc sul)posecl
to 11ave any influe~~ce wit11 the English, c:me rc\wcutly lo
tl~e kilts of Engl:~nd, that they 111igllt ~ ~ L I SsntiJ':~ction C for
all his con~plair~ts to be givcu tu his cu~~tc~~t. Tl~eking,
after
long a d ei~rncst solicitation, is prevnile~l 011 by the entlwty of
such 11onour:~ble nwl, nrd cu~nn~its bl~e ~nntlc'or to be settlecl by
their arbitration. They wo~ld consider well the enormity of
what he 1i:~cl bad to brook, nncl would provide tlmt tl~e s:~tisfaction
should be nnswc~nl)lc to the offence. Wlxtteve~~ their
generd deliberation sliol~ld hve detcrn~inecl to bc snlticient,
wuuld be saht'actory to him, if ody, fro111 that very monierit,
uonc ol' thc Grifones would lay I~nnds on his men. Those
who hi~d coine werc cveu Inore astonislled tl~au rejoiccd at
tl~k ulll~oped-for clen~ency, anel givi~~g him at once wl~at he
11:ld Inst propouudod, thy retired I'ro~n the liing'~ presence,
and were asse~liblecl :~t some distance to trext of the rest.
* Literally, men who lwve not their hearts in their boots.
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