Chronicles of the Crusades

np1roncllccl the gnt,cl; of the city, which, with the npplicntion
ol' llrc battering-rim, IIC foi.cecl ill an instwt, art1 l~:~villg lcd
in his :Lrrny, took L'YL\I.Yhold in the city, even lo 'l';~~lclw['s
palace :mil the lollgi~~gs of the Frcnch a~ountl thir lii~lg's
qrlwtcrs, wllich Ilc s~I;L~cCI ill .rc::pcct of the Itins Itis lor(\.
'Jlhct st:l,1111nds of thc victom we planted ou tl~e tonfcrs
tl~rou~l~ the whole circuit of the city, and mc11 of tl~o sur­
~wdercd fortific:~tiu~ls 1112 i11tr11stc1.1 to p~rticular(;~pt,iiiu~ of
his army, a1111 ~ I I ~ Cllis I I IIUI)ICS to take 111) their qmrtcrs in
the city. He tool; tl~c Eons of dl the nubility bo~;L of llro
city and sun.on11cling conntry :IS hst:l~rs. that tlizy sl~ould
eitlter be redce~neil at the kill$(,; price, or the ~~elnnintlcr of
, tllo city SIIOIIILL bc tlclirere~lup to hiw witl)out couflict, and
hc sl~ould tnlto to 11i111self sntisfiwtion for llis clun~:~.ndx fro~n
their king Tt~ucrctl. ITc bep~ll to :~t~%cl;. the city : ~ hthe t
fift,l, l~oi~r of the do>y, and tuck it the tenth 111)ur; nnc-I Lsviug
witl~~Ir;~\vn his nruly, returnctl victorious to l~is camp. Killg
Tancletl, terlifiecl nt the worcls of tllose who :~nr~ou~loed
to Ilim the issm of the tmnssction, 11,zstened to n1:tl;e :un
_ ng~eel~~cnt with him, sending hi111 ~WCLI~Y 1110~1sand ounc~sof
plcl for his sister's clowrypn~l otller t~veuty thousa~lcl ounces
of gold for the Ic,pcy of hmg Willin~n :~nd the OI)SC~Y:LIICO of
perpet.unl pence towar~ls llin~ and l~is. This small sum is
accepted with ~nucl~ nnlo nnd sco~mfully enough, thc Ilostages
are givch back, and pence is sworn and confiri~~ccl I,y tJ~e
nol)les of bob11 notions.
Sect. 2s. The Icing of Engld, now hying little con-
fide~~~~nntiveg in the built n new wooden fort of g~~cnt
stre~lgth and 11eigllt hy the walls of Messinn, wlricll, to tile
reproacl~ of tho C-rittb~m,11e called " M:~teg~*ifYui~." rl(11e
king's v:~lour was grcntly extolled, nncl the land Itopt siIe~lce
in his prescnw. Walter, who t'ron~ n monli. a11,1 1)l.ior of
St. S\vitl~i~~'s CILIII.CIIxt ~!'i~~cl~estcr, hncl been atlvnnccd to be
abbot of Wcslminstor, diod on the fii'th of the calends of
October.
Sect. 29. Q.ueea Eleanor,* a ~natclllcss woman, beautiful
and chaste, powcrful and n~odcst, rueeli and eloquent, wllicll
is nrely wout to be met with in n, woman, wllo mns advanced
in years enoyl~to hve had two Ilusbands and two sons
* Eleanor, queen of Lcwis and Henry, mother or I-Icnry wll nid1a.d.
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