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by this meanes, they should be consumed and subdued 

 by the king by dint of sword, as other cities, to wit, 

 Caesaria, Assur, Acres, Cayphas, and Tabaria were van- 

 quished and subdued. And therefore laying their heads 

 together, they promised to the king by secret media- 

 tours, a mighty masse of money of a coyne called 

 Byzantines : and that further they would yeerely pay a 

 great tribute, upon condition that ceasing to besiege and 

 invade their city, he would spare their lives. Where- 

 upon these businesses were handled from day to day 

 betweene the king and the citizens, and they sollicited 

 the king for the ransomming both of their city and of 

 their lives, proffering him from time to time more greater 

 gifts. And the king for his part, being carefull and 

 [11. i. 15.] perplexed for the payment of the wages which he ought 

 unto his souldiers, barkened wholy unto this offer of 

 money. Howbeit because he feared the Christians, least 

 they should lay it to his charge as a fault, he durst not 

 as yet meddle with the same. 



Chap. 5. 



IN the meane space Hugh of Tabaria being sent for, 

 accompanied with the troopes of two hundred horse- 

 men and foure hundred footmen, invaded the countrey 

 of the Grosse Carle called Suet, very rich in gold and 

 silver most abundant in cattle frontering upon the coun- 

 trie of the Damascenes, where hee tooke a pray of 

 inestimable riches and cattle, which might have suffised 

 him for the besiege of Sagitta, whereof he ment to 

 impart liberally to the king, and his companie. This 

 pray being gathered out of sundry places thereabout, and 

 being led away as farre as the citie of Belinas, which 

 they call Caesaria Philippi, the Turkes which dwelt at 

 Damascus, together with the Saracens inhabitants of the 

 countrie perceiving this, flocking on all partes together 

 by troopes, pursued Hughes companie to rescue the 

 pray, and passed foorth as farre as the mountaines, 

 over which Hughes footemen did drive the pray. 



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