A.D. 

 1270. 



The arrival of 

 prince Ed- 

 ward at A era. 



Nazareth 

 taken by the 

 prince. 



A victorir 

 against the 

 Saracens^ 

 zvherein 

 1000 of them 

 zvere slaine. 



The princes 

 of Cyprus 

 acknowledge 

 obedience to 

 the kings of 

 England. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



arrived he at Acra, and went aland, taking with him a 

 thousand of the best souldiers and most expert, and 

 taried there a whole moneth, refreshing both his men 

 and horses, and that in this space he might learne and 

 know the secrets of the land. After this he tooke with 

 him sixe or seven thousanci souldiers, and marched for- 

 ward twenty miles from Acra, and tooke Nazareth, and 

 those that he found there he slew, and afterward returned 

 againe to Acra. But their enemies following after them, 

 thinking to have set upon them at some streit or other 

 advantage, were espied by the prince, and returning 

 againe upon them gave a charge, and slew many of them, 

 and the rest they put to flight. 



After this, about Midsummer, when the prince had 

 understanding that the Saracens began to gather at 

 Cakow which was forty miles from Acra, he marching 

 thither, set upon them very earely in the morning, and 

 slew of them more then a thousand, the rest he put 

 to flight, and tooke rich spoiles, marching forward till 

 they came to a castle named Castrum peregrinorum, 

 situate upon the sea coast, and taried there that night, 

 and the next day they returned againe toward Acra. 



In the meane season the king of Jerusalem sent unto 

 the noble men of Cyprus, desiring them to come with 

 speed to ayd the Christians, but they would not come, 

 saying they would keepe their owne land, and go no 

 further. Then prince Edward sent unto them, desiring 

 that at his request they would come and joyne in ayd 

 with him : who immediatly thereupon came unto him 

 with great preparation & furniture for the warres, saying, 

 that at his commandement they were bound to do no 

 lesse, for that his predecessors were sometimes the 

 governors of that their land, and that they ought alwayes 

 to shew their fidelity to the kings of England. 



Then the Christians being herewith animated, made 

 a third voyage or road, and came as farre as the fort 

 called Vincula sancti Petri, and to S. Georgius, and when 

 they had slain certaine there, not finding any to make 



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