230 Chaucer's Knight and his Exploits in the South 



rebuilt after 1323, it was recaptured by the Egyptians in 1347.^ 

 After Pierre I of Lusignan, King of Cyprus (reigned 1359- 

 1369), had captured SataHa on Aug. 24, 1361, the Emir of 

 Ayas hastened to make his submission to him.^ About the begin- 

 ning of October, 1367, Pierre appeared before Ayas, where he 

 had expected to meet Hayton, the King of Lesser Armenia. 

 His mission was to capture Ayas from the Saracens, but, though 

 he expelled them from the city, he was unable to gain the castle, 

 and so returned to Cyprus.^ On this expedition, the Earl of 

 Hereford (see pages 182, 233) was with him.^ 



Satalye, August 24, 1361 ; between June and September, is6y. 

 Also known as Adalia (Antalia), the ancient Attalia, Gr. 

 'AxTaActa. It lies between capes Khelidonia (Chelidona) and 

 Anemour (Anamour), on the southern coast of Asia Minor, 

 {Cent. Atlas, map loi, D 4), and has about 25,000 inhabitants. 

 It is the capital of the sanjak of Tekke-ili. Beaufort, writing in 

 1817, thus describes \i^: 



Adalia is beautifully situated round a small harbour®; the streets 

 appear to rise behind each other like the seats of a theatre; and 

 on the level summit of the hill, the city is enclosed by a ditch, a 

 double wall, and a series of square towers about fifty yards 

 asunder/ . . . The port is inclosed by two stone piers, which once 

 had towers on the extremities; but they are now in a ruinous 

 state. . . . 



The gardens round the town are beautiful; the trees were loaded 

 with fruit*; all kinds of vegetation seemed to be exuberant; and 

 the inhabitants spoke of their corn grounds as more than commonly 

 productive. The soil is deep, and everywhere intersected by streams 



^Heyd 2. 93-4; cf. Bihl., p. 318. 



'Le Roulx, p. 119 (cf. p. 118) ; Bihl, p. 495 (cf. pp. 490, 491). 



•Le Roulx, p. 139; Bihl, p. 517; Machaut 6964 ff. At length, in 

 I375i Ayas lost whatever independence it had possessed (Heyd 2. 94). 



For maps of Ayas, see Marco Polo, opp. p. 44; for pictures, see 

 Langlois, Voyage dans la Cilicie, pp. 230-2; Beaufort, p. 240; Marco 

 Polo I. 16; Laborde, Voyage de I'Asie Mineure, p. 132. 



* Machaut, p. 229. 



'Pp. 126-130. 



•Cf. Hastings, Bible Diet. i. 208. 



' See the more particular description in Bibl. i. 493. 



® Orange, lemon, fig, and mulberry trees, besides vineyards (Bibl., p. 

 492; Larousse, Encyc). 



