A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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sexta feria appropinquante. Rex Baldwinus in tubis & 

 cornibus a Japhet egrediens, in manu robusta equitum 

 & peditum virtutem illorum crudeli bello est aggressus, 

 magnis hinc & hinc clamoribus intonantes. Christiani 

 quoque qui navigio appulsi sunt horribili pariter clamore 

 cum Rege Baldwino, & gravi strepitu vociferantes, Baby- 

 lonios vehementi pugna sunt aggressi, saevissimis atque 

 mortiferis plagis eos affligentes, donee bello fatigati, & 

 ultra vim non sustinentes fugam versus Ascalonem 

 inierunt. Alii vero ab insecutoribus eripi existimantes, 

 & mari se credentes, intolerabili procellarum fluctuatione 

 absorpti sunt. Et sic civitas Joppe cum habitatoribus 

 suis liberata est. Ceciderunt hac die tria millia Sarrace- 

 norum : Christianorum vero pauci periisse inventi sunt. 



The same in English. 



YEt notwithstanding, after the said third day of 

 July, the Sarazens persisted high minded and in- 

 solent, by reason of their great multitude, and much 

 annoied the Christian people with their many forceable 

 and terrible weapons ; whereupon, on the sixt day of 

 July early in the morning king Baldwine issued out of 

 Japhet, his trumpets and cornets yeelding a great and 

 lowd sound, and with a very strong armie as well of 

 horsemen as footemen, who on every side making great 

 shoutes and outcries, with fierce and sharpe battell set 

 on the maine power of their enemies. The Christians 

 also who arrived in the navie, rearing great clamours 

 and noyses, with loud voices and shoutings in horrible 

 wise together, with king Baldwine assaulted likewise 

 with strong battell the Babylonians, and afflicted them 

 with most sore and deadly wounds, untill the Sarazens 

 being wearied with lighting, nor able longer to endure 

 and hold out against the valure of the Christians, fled 

 towards Ascalon. And other of them hoping to escape 

 from them that pursued them, lept into the sea, and 

 were swalowed up in the waves thereof. And so the 

 citie of Joppa with the inhabitants thereof were freed 



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