A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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Chap. 2. 



THe king favourably hearing their whole petition, 

 granted unto them a strong band of men to con- 

 duct them, which brought them safely from all assaults 

 and ambushes of the Gentiles by the knowen wayes 

 unto Jerusalem and all other places of devotion. After 

 that these pilgrims, & new Christian strangers were 

 brought thither, they offering unto our Lord their 

 vowes in the temple of the holy sepulchre, returned 

 with great joy, and without all let unto Joppa ; where 

 finding the king, they vowed that they would assist 

 him in all things, which should seeme good unto him : 

 who, greatly commending the men, and commanding 

 them to be well entertained with hospitality, answered 

 that he could not on the sudden answere to this point, 

 untill that after he had called his nobles together, he had 

 consulted with my lord the Patriarch what was most meet 

 and convenient to be done, and not to trouble in vaine 

 so willing an army. And therefore after a few dayes, 

 calling unto him my lord the Patriarch, Hugh of Tabaria, 

 Gunfride the keeper and lieutenant of the tower of 

 David, and the other chiefest men of warre, he deter- 

 mined to have a meeting in the city of Rames, to con- 

 sult with them what was best to be done. 



Chap. 3. 



WHo, being assembled at the day appointed, and 

 proposing their divers opinions & judgements, at 

 length it seemed best unto the whole company to be- 

 siege the city Sagitta, which is also called Sidon, if 

 peradventure, through Gods helpe, and by the strength 

 of this new army, by land and sea it might be over- 

 come. Whereupon all they which were there present, 

 and required that this city should be besieged, because 

 it was one of those cities of the Gentiles which con- 

 tinually rebelled, were commended, and admonished of 

 the king every one to go home, and to furnish them- 



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