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not gmspcd at Saint Switbin's pastul.e, dcntll would not 11aw snntcl~rd
him so soon from the pul~lic. Eut, Ixxnusr he was penitent, LI prr~~~ntt~re
&nth diminished his supposed gtlilt ; he did wlmt he cu~ld, 111: dcdicatd
himself to the monastic life.
Walter, prior of' I3ntl1, ancl Ilis con~cut~, vitl~cr~~t tlrc
clergy, elected to tl~c~uscl\~s for tl~cir iliturc hisl~ol) %\wiells,
archtlencon of Nortlm~~pto~~, vllo wns nbrjcut, :111d :I$ yet
igornnt of the clecctwc of Ilk 1;:llow-pontifl'; :u~tl sl~ho~~;.li tho
clcrgy rcsistccl, t11c.y carrictl it out.
Sect. 39. Tlic flcet of R,icl~:~rC[, king of tl~o Engli.11, p ~ ~ t
out to sen; nmd l~roa:ecletI in this orclcr. 111 tho J'urt:h~u~lt
wc~lt tlir~~ Aips only, ill OIIC of' which was the ~UCCII of
Sicily :LII~the young C ~ I I ~ N C Lof ~:Lv:LI.~c! pr01):~bIy still :I vir-
grin ; in tl~c other two, a ccrtain I):LL.~ of t11c 1ii11g's tmls11re
ant[ nrnlc: ; in each of the tl~rcc,
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tlm secontl li~iu tlwc werc, w1~:~t wit11 sl~il)s ard I)~tsncs nncl
men-of-w:u, tl~iriccn ; ill the tl~id, fo~~rtccn; in tl~c fourtl~,
III:LI~IICS:111(1 IJYO~~S~~IIS.
twenty ; in tl~c til'tli, thirty ; in lhe sixth, forty ; ill the
seventh, sixty ; in the last, the Iihg I~irnsclf, followo~l wit11
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his galleys. T11ci.e W:LS betwocn the sl~ips, nntl betwccu tlieir
- liucs, 3. certain spnce left by the s:dow :~t such intervnl, that
S~OIIIone lino to another tl~c sotuntl of tl~c trun~pct, I'ro~u one
ship to nnutl~er, the 11run;~n voice, conld bc l~cnrcl. 'L'l~is nlso
was nd~~iir:~llc, tllnt thc king wns nu lcss cl~ccrl'ul ;~nd Ilc:~.l thy,
strong ancl niiS,llty, ligl~t snd sly, at sc:h tll:ln 11c \Y:IY woi~t
to be by Iantl. I coucl~de, tllcrcfure, tl~:~t tl~crc wns not 0110
mnn more powerful thn IIC ill the worIJ, ciL11ur by Inncl
or sea.
Sect. GO. Kow, ns tl~e fillips were proceeding in tl~c aforcsaid
manner nntl orb, so~~~c Ixing Lcforc c~tl~crs, two uIP tl~c
tlirce first, Jrivc11 by tllc violence of the wi~lrls, were Lrokc~l
on the rocks ncar the port of Cyprus ; tho tllir(1, wl~icl~ was
English, more speedy tli:~~~ they, 11,zving turned back iuto the
dee~~, escn1)ed tho peril. hlinost n.11 the nlcn of both ships
got oway dive to hcl, lnauy of whou~ the l~ostilc Cypriotes
slew, solrlc they took cn.ptive, some, taking refuge in n ccrtain
church, were besieged. Wlintever also in the ships was
cat up by the sen, fell :I prey to tl~c Cypriotes. The prince
also of that island corning up, received fur llis sharc the goltl
and thc arms; and he causeil the shore to be guartlcd by all
the armed force he conlcl su~liuo~l together, that he ~nigllt not