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in the place; and having called the people together, he persuaded them,
with most convincing arguments, that nothing was more commendable,
amongst comrades, than friendship, nothing pleasanter than good
fellowship, or sweeter than peace and concord, or more lasting than unity;
and, on the contrary, that nothing was more dangerous to the continuance
of peace, or more pernicious than ill-will, for it loosened the bonds of
affection: in fine, that whatever was bound by mutual charity, and
strengthened by the graceful ties of friendship, was always dissolved by
the fermentations of envy. By means of such arguments, King Richard
reconciled the Genoese and Pisans, and caused them to unite in harmony
and concord, and re-established their former good understanding
Chapter XI. Ñ How King Richard held a conference with the marquis at the castle
of Ymbric, and admonished him to return and join the army, and how, on his
refusing, he disinherited him of the lands and revenues which had been promised to
him.
King Richard, having pacified them in this manner, sent a messenger
to the marquis to return to the conference at Ymbric, and try if they could,
with the help of the divine grace, come to an amicable understanding about
the arrangement of affairs, in order that the government of the kingdom
might be the better administered by their joint efforts. They therefore met,
and held a long conference, but to little purpose. The marquis brought
forward, as a pretext for not performing his duty, the retirement of the
duke of Burgundy and the French; and returning to Tyre, concealed
himself in his wifeÕs chambers, away from camps and war. King Richard,
perceiving that the duke of Burgundy and the marquis, as well as the
French, had now voluntarily absented themselves from the army, and
reflecting deeply on the terms of peace which had been agreed upon,
hesitated for a long time in his mind what it was best to do under the
circumstances, and took into his counsel the leaders and more discreet men
of the army, to ascertain what they thought most expedient; and they, after
carefully weighing the merits of the whole matter, adjudged that the
marquis had forfeited his claim to the kingdom which had been promised

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him, and that, in consequence of his doubtful and prevaricating conduct,
he should be deprived of all his revenues. In consequence of this decision,
great discord arose between the nobles of the French and King Richard,
and especially between him and the marquis, who, as he had often done
before, importuned all the French to quit Ascalon, and come to him at Tyre;
thus throwing the kingdom and country into such a state of confusion, that
King Richard, fully aware of his treachery, remained in Acre from the day
after Ash Wednesday until the Tuesday before Easter. For it is the part of a
prudent man to take precautions even against an humble foe.
Chapter XII. Ñ How, while King Richard was at Acre, our men at Joppa and
Ascalon made an expedition and brought back an immense booty; and how King
Richard knighted SaphadinÕs son.
On the third day, before Palm Sunday, a number of young men at
Joppa went on an expedition as far as Mirabel; and carried off a large booty
of cattle from the Saracens, thirty of whom they killed, and brought back
fifty alive, besides an immense spoil. A moiety of it was given to the count,
who was governor of the city, the other moiety was sold for eight thousand
Saracenic bezants, of good money. Likewise, on the morrow, which was the
Saturday before Palm Sunday, all those at Ascalon who had horses made
an expedition, and scoured the whole country, as we were told by those
who were present, as far as Egypt, four miles beyond Darum; and having
collected a large number of cattle, horses, and mares, also twenty asses,
thirty camels, and seventy sheep, and other cattle, they formed in a body
and returned with all speed to Ascalon, bringing back also with them 200
Saracens, with their wives and children. On Palm Sunday, King Richard,
amid much splendour, girded with the belt of knighthood the son of
Saphadin, who had been sent to him for that purpose.
Chapter XIII. Ñ How the duke of Burgundy and the marquis, from envy at the