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& wisdom in all his doings. He was also a Cistercian 

 Monke and Abbot of Foord Monasterie, and the chiefe 

 of all those that were of his order : he grew after this to 

 be bishop of Worcester, and at last after the death of 

 Archb. Richard he was promoted & made Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, and Primate of all England. In the dis- 

 charge of which place he being very vigilant, shewed 

 himselfe a worthy Pastor, sowing the seed of Gods word 

 in every place as farre foorth as the iniquitie of that time 

 permitted. In his time king Richard with all indevour 

 prepared a Fleet and all things necessary for waging of 

 warre against the Infidels at Jerusalem, taking with him 

 the standerd and ensignes of the kingdome. This Bald- 

 wine eftsoones folowed the king into Syria and Palestina, 

 as one desirous to be partaker of his travailes, paines, and 

 perils in so holy a voyage. Hee was Archbishop of 

 Canterburie almost sixe yeres : but having followed the 

 king into Syria, in the yeere 1 1 90. he died at Tyre, 

 where he was also buried. 



[II. i. 29.] An annotation concerning the travailes of the 

 sayd Baldwine, taken out of Giraldus Cam- 

 brensis, in his Itinerarium Cambrian, lib. 2. 

 Cap. 14. Fol. 229. 



INter primos Thomae Becketi successor hie secundus, 

 audita salvatoris & salutiferae Crucis injuria nostris 

 (proh dolor) diebus per Saladinum irrogata, cruce sig- 

 natus, in ejusdem obsequiis, tam remotis finibus quam 

 propinquis, prasdicationis officium viriliter assumpsit. 

 Et postmodum iter accipiens, navigioque fungens apud 

 Marsiliam, transcurso tandem pelagi profundo, in portu 

 Tyrensi incolumis applicuit : & inde ad exercitum nos- 

 trum obsidentem pariter & obsessum Aconem transivit : 

 ubi multos ex nostris inveniens, & fere cunctos principum 

 defectu, in summa desolatione jam positos, & despera- 

 tione, alios quidem longa expectatione fatigatos, alios 

 fame & inopia graviter afflictos, quosdam vero aeris 



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