SIEGE OF SIDON a.d. 



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There beganne a great skirmish of both partes, the 

 one side made resistance to keepe the pray, the other 

 indevoured with all their might to recover it, untill at 

 length the Turkes and Saracens prevailing, the pray 

 was rescued and brought backe againe : which Hugh 

 and his troopes of horsemen, suddenly understanding, 

 which were on the side of the mountaines, incontinently 

 rid backe upon the spurre, among the straight and 

 craggie rockes, skirmishing with the enemies, and suc- 

 couring their footemen, but as it chanced they fought 

 unfortunately. For Hugh, being unarmed, and im- 

 mediatly rushing into the middest of all dangers, and 

 after his woonted manner invading and wounding the 

 infidels, being behinde with an arrowe shot through 

 the backe which pierced thorough his liver and brest, 

 he gave up the ghost in the handes of his owne 

 people. Hereupon the troopes of the Gentiles being 

 returned with the recovered pray, and being devided 

 through the secret and hard passages of the craggie 

 hilles, the souldiers brought the dead bodie of Hugh, 

 which they had put in a litter, into the citie of 

 Nazareth, which is by the mount Thaber, where with 

 great mourning and lamentation, so worthie a prince, 

 and valiant champian was honourably and Catholikely 

 interred. The brother of the said Hugh named Ger- 

 rard, the same time lay sicke of a grievous disease. 

 Which hearing of the death of his brother, his sick- 

 nesse of his body increasing more vehemently through 

 griefe, he also deceased within eight dayes after, and 

 was buried by his brother, after Christian maner. 



Chap. 6. 



AFter the lamentable burials of these so famous 

 Princes, the King, taking occasion of the death of 

 these principall men of his armie, agreed, making none 

 privie thereto, to receive the money which was offered 

 him for his differring off the siege of the citie of 

 Sagitta, yet dissembling to make peace with the Sara- 

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