A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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shame it were for him to come so farre, and now to 



leave undone that for which he came, and on the 3. 



day of August departed from Tyrus, leaving the halfe 



part of the Citie of Achon, in the hands of the afore- 



sayd Conradus Marques. 



The French After his departure the Pagans refused to keepe their 



Kings shame- covenants made, who neither would restore the holy 



''home "^^"^ Crosse nor the money, nor their captives, sending word 



to king Richard, that if he beheaded the pledges left 



with him at Achon, they would choppe off the heads 



of such captives of the Christians, as were in their 



hands. 



Shortly after this the Saladine sending great gifts 

 to king Richard, requested the time limited for behead- 

 ing of the captives to be proroged, but the king 

 refused to take his gifts, and to graunt his request, 

 whereupon the Saladine caused all the Christian captives 

 within his possession forthwith to be beheaded, which 

 was the 28. of August : which albeit king Richard 

 understood, yet would not he prevent the time before 

 limitted for the execution of his prisoners, being the 

 The captives 20. day of August : upon which day he caused the 

 of the Saracens prisoners of the Saracens openly in the sight of 

 /rT d ^^^ ^^^ Saladines armie to loose their heads : the number 

 of whom came to two thousand and five hundreth, 

 save onely that certaine of the principal of them he 

 reserved for purposes and considerations, especially to 

 make exchange for the holy Crosse, and certaine other 

 of the Christian captives. 



After this king Richard purposed to besiege the 

 Citie of Joppe, where by the way betwene Achon and 

 Joppe, neere to a towne called Assur, Saladine with a 

 great multitude of his Saracens came fiercely against the 

 kings rereward, but through Gods mercifull grace in 

 the same battell, the kings warriers acquited themselves 

 ,, . so well, that the Saladine was put to flisfht, whom the 



A notable VIC- ^^ . . , , ^^ -i o 1 1 



torie aminst Christians pursued the space or 3 . miles, & he lost 

 the Saladine, that same day many of his Nobles & Captaines, in 



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