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red, while on the binder part two small lions of gold were turned towards
each other, with their months open, and one pointed to the other on each of
the fore legs, as if stretched out to devour. The kingÕs feet were decorated
with golden spurs, and he was clothed in a vest of rose-coloured stuff,
ornamented with rows of crescents of solid silver, like orbs of the sun
shining in thick profusion. The king thus apparelled rode forward, girded
with a sword of proved metal with a handle of gold and a woven belt, and
the mouth of the scabbard was fastened with silver; on his head he wore a
hat of scarlet, ornamented with the shapes of various birds and beasts
worked with the hand, and sown in with orfray-work by the needle. He
carried a staff in his hand, and the manner of his bearing it proved him to
be a soldier of the highest order, and afforded the greatest gratification to
all who saw him. After many proposals from both sides, between the king
and the emperor, the emperor offered to swear fidelity to him in every
thing, and that he would send five hundred knights to the land of
Jerusalem, for the service of God, to be at the disposal and command of
King Richard; and in addition to all these things, in order that he might
fully satisfy the king and leave no doubt on his mind, he offered to place all
his castles and forts in the hands of the kingÕs guards, and he gave besides
three thousand five hundred marks as satisfaction to those who had lost
their money, or had it plundered; and if the king, according to the
agreement between them, should think that he and his men fought
faithfully, the emperor should have his territory with his castles and forts
restored to him; the friendship between them remaining the same as
heretofore. And when the king referred this offer to his friends for
examination, to see whether there was any thing derogatory to the kingÕs
honour by such an agreement, and whether all were satisfied with it, they
answered that it was in every respect to the kingÕs honour, and that they
were perfectly satisfied with it. And after the king had heard this, the
emperor immediately sware to observe faithfully all the aforesaid
conditions to the king; and having exchanged the kiss of peace, they made
an alliance in the manner described. The king, returning from the
conference, which had been broken up, immediately sent to the emperor
his pavilion, which he had captured in the aforesaid battle, as a pledge of

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peace and friendship; he sent, besides, the vessels which had been
plundered from it, and the emperor caused tents to be erected forthwith on
the spot where the abovementioned conference took place.
Chapter XXXVII. Ñ Of the flight of the emperor by night through Famagusta as
far as Candosia, and of the capture of Nicosia.
On the following night, at the suggestion of a treacherous knight
named Pain de Caiffa, the emperor, trusting to the darkness, fled away
with all speed on a valuable and favourite horse, for the knight told him
that King Richard intended to seize upon him that night, and throw him in
chains; and the emperor, frightened thereat, escaped to his city of
Famagusta, leaving behind him his tents and chargers, and all his
household stuff. On hearing which, King Richard commenced a pursuit
after him, with his galleys, accusing him of perjury and the violation of his
word, and he entrusted to King Guy the conduct of his army by land to
Famagusta, where he arrived on the third day, and found it deserted, for
the emperor, convinced that it would not be safe for him to stand a siege,
concealed himself in the woods, where access was difficult, that, if our men
should venture to pass through, he might attack them from an ambuscade.
The king, on arriving at Famagusta, gave orders that the ports of the sea
should be most strictly watched by his galleys, in order that he might take
the emperor prisoner, if he attempted to escape. And, after staying there
three days, there came as ambassadors, the bishop of Beauvais, and Drogo
de Mirle, a nobleman of high renown, to exhort him to cross the sea
without delay, and to assure him that the king of France would not proceed
to the assault of Acre before his arrival; and they added words of rebuke,
that he had neglected necessary matters, and expended his endeavours on
vain duties, and was presumptuously persecuting innocent Christians,
when so many thousand Saracens were to be attacked in the land
adjoining, for whom, even his valour, although so mighty, would be no
match on trial. To this message, the king replied in angry terms, by no
means suitable for insertion here; but their labour was in vain, although
they used every argument to dissuade him from his purpose, for he was

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