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heed, lest your glory, so well earned at first, fade and tarnish in the end!
My lord the king, remember what God hath done for you, and how he hath
prospered all your acts, to be recorded by immortal fame. Never did king
of your age perform so many or such glorious deeds! Remember, O king,
that even when you were but count of Poictou, you never had a neighbour
for a foe, whatever might be his valour or courage, but he was subdued
and conquered by your might. Remember, O king, the multitudes of
Braba•ons whom you so often routed and dispersed, with a small band of
soldiers. O king, remember how gloriously you raised the siege of
Hautefort, when the count of St. Giles besieged it; how you drove him off,
and put him to ignominious flight. O king, remember how you obtained
possession of your kingdom, peacefully and quietly, without opposition, or
need of shield or helmet. O king, remember how many and mighty nations
you have subdued, how bravely you captured the city of Messina, and how
nobly you behaved yourself when the Greeks ventured to provoke and
make war against you, and how you crushed them, and the divine mercy
rescued you out of their hands, whilst they were confounded and
destroyed. Remember, O king, the qualities with which God has endowed
you, according to the riches of his grace, when you subdued the island of
Cyprus, which no one had dared to attack before, and which you
subjugated in the short period of fifteen days; which you were only able to
do by the assistance of God himself. Remember how you then captured the
emperor; and that ship of extraordinary size, which could not put into the
port of Acre by reason of a contrary wind, you met and overwhelmed her
with the eighty armed Turks, and cast into the waves of the sea the
serpents which were therein. Remember, my lord the king, the siege of
Acre, to the capture of which you arrived in good season, and which was
surrendered when you assaulted it. Remember how you then fell ill of the
sickness called arnalia, and how you suffered much, but, by the mercy of
God, recovered when so many princes died of the same complaint. O king,
remember that land which God hath committed to your care, and whose
eye is turned to you only, for the king of France has departed, like a
coward. O king, remember the Christian captives whom you released from
the bonds with which the Turks had fettered them, in the fort of Darum,

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and to whose succour you were sent by God. How deeply should you
reflect on the numberless triumphs with which God has honoured you, and
the successes with which he has magnified you, so that there is not a king
or prince who can venture to resist you. Has it also escaped your memory
that you have lately captured the fort of Darum in four days? And what
shall we think of that hour, when you were lying asleep incautiously, and
were nearly seized by the wicked infidels, had not God aroused you, and
rescued you from their hands? Why need I detail the foes whom you have
subdued throughout the world, the cities that have fallen before you, and
the successful issues of all your undertakings? Remember, that when you
came hither from the western world, you were everywhere victorious, and
your enemies lay in chains at your feet; for before your face,
In vain Ant¾us rose refreshed from earth,
Or HydraÕs heads were multiplied.
And now the sultan trembles at your name, the hearts of the people of
Babylon are astonished, and the Turk is struck with awe. Need I say more?
All agree in declaring that you are the father, the champion, and the
defender of Christianity, and if you desert them, it is the same as if you
gave them up to be destroyed by the enemy. O king, continue to be their
chief, bravely as you have begun; succour this people, for their hope is
entirely in you: you are their natural protector, and may you, with the aid
of Christ, still continue to prosper!Ó
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