Chronicles of the Crusades

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Fcct. GI. T11:lt niKIlt the kine; renininc~l pcncaddy in the
cnst.lc ; md his newly-sworl~ v3ssnl flying, rctirctl to nnotl~cr
c:~stle,nnd causcd the wllolc of tho nlen of tj~i~t land, whrr
were able to bear 51'111S, to be snrnn~one~l to rcpr to Ilin1: and
so they did. The king of Jer~dcn~, howcvcr, tlmt smne
i~igllt, lnncled in Cyprus, tllnt IIC might ?mist tllc l~il~g and
salutc him, whose arrival he llnd desired above tl~it of any
othcr in the whole world. On the morrow, the lord of Cyprus
was sougilt for and fo~.~nc.l to have fled. The king, stein;
tJlat lie ~1:~s nbnsetl, and having been inforn~ed where he T\~:~s,
directed thr: I;illg of ,Jerns:~le~~l to follow the traitcr by lnud
with the ldf of tl~o army, while he condoctecl the. otlm part
byw&tcl; intencling to he in tl~c wxy, tht IIC might not
csc:lpe by sea. The divisiol~s ~c3ssc111lhd n,roond the city in
which IIC 11:~d tnken rcfuyc, and he, 11nvi11g snllietl o11t ngniust
t]le Icing, fOqllt will, tile Euglisll, and the httlc wns c;crrietl
on shnrply by both sides. The lhglisl~ w0111d that cli~y IIRV~
been bcaten, I~nd they not fo~~gllt under tl~e command oC Icing
nicllard. Tlley at lungtll obti~ined o ~c:I.I'-~oII&~ victory, the
Cypriote flies, nucl tllc castlc is tdieu. T~IC Ilim
as before, tile one by land, the othcr by wntcr, an3 he is besicgecl
in the tl~irtl castle. It,swalls wc cast tlown by engines
l~nrlir~g]luge stoncu ; he, bcing overconlc, promises to surrender,
if ouly hc n~igl~t not be put in i1,on fetters. The king
consents to tllc prayers of the supplictnt, and cnuscd silver
il~:bclrles to be ~n:~llo for him. The prince of tl~s pimhs beiq
t11w tnkc~~, tl~e kiug traversed thc wllole island, and took all
its ctrstlcs, mcl placed his const~allcs in each, and constituted
justicisrieh ant1 sllcrifs ; and the whole land was ml?jectetl to
him in evcry thing jwt like EnglnnJ. Tl~cgoltl, nucl thc sill;.
and thc jewels from tlic tre3~111.c~ tlmt were broken open, he
whined for I~inwelf; tllc silw and ~ict11als 110 gave to the
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army. To t h king of Jcrasdurn &O 110 nincle a Imndsome
present out of his booty.
Aud bccnuse Leilt l~nd already pnasecl, and the lawful time
of coutract was comc, 11e cnusctl Bcrcug;~ria, c1n.ughter of the
king of f~avarrc, whom Itis mothcr lrd brought to him in
Lcnt, to be nffinuccc.1 to him in the island.
Scct. 63. After these tlli~~p, having ts1;cn ngnin .to tllc
ship, wliilst sailing .pi-ospclously tonwds Acre, he falls in
with a mcrcllant shp of iinmensc tlin~cnsions, dcsti~lell by