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Guy, king of Jerusalem, after he had been a year in captivity at Damascus,
was released by Saladin on the strict promise that he should abjure his
kingdom, and, as soon as possible, go into exile beyond the sea. The clergy
of the kingdom determine to release the king from the bond of his oath;
both because what is done under compulsion deserves to be annulled, and
because the bands of the faithful who were on their way would find in him
a head and leader. It was right indeed that art should overreach art, and
that the treachery of the tyrant should be deceived by its own example; for
one who is faithless in his promises, gives encouragement to similar
faithlessness in him whose promise he exacts. The faithless unbeliever,
having broken his previous agreement, had extorted from the captive king,
after many injuries, an oath that on being restored to liberty he, would go
into exile. A sad condition this, of liberty accompanied with exile and the
renunciation of a kingdom. But God so ordered it that the counsel of Belial
was brought to naught; for the tyrant was baffled in his hopes of retaining
the kingdom, and the king was released by the sentence of the clergy from
the enormity of his promise. Men also had arrived, who would nobly
vindicate the wrongs which had been done to ChristÕs cross, distinguished
champions, whose devout zeal had stirred them up to bring consolation to
thee, O Jerusalem! Behold, the whole world is in arms for thy service, and
the word is fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ÒI will bring
thy seed from the north, and from the west I will gather thee together: I
will say to the north, Give! and to the south, Do not forbid.Ó Thus, then,
when numbers had flocked together to meet the king at Tripoli, the minds
of all were inspired with bravery, so that they strove not only to keep what
they had retained, but also to recover what they had lost. Moreover, whilst
they were remaining at Tripoli, they did not pass the time in idleness; for
they assailed the enemies in that neighbourhood, and defeated at one time
three hundred, at another time a larger number, with their victorious band.
Among the rest was the kingÕs brother who had lately landed: his name
was Geoffrey, and he distinguished himself especially amongst the
combatants by his valour, for, in addition to the common cause, which
influenced all alike, he was roused to action by his own private wrongs,
and the injury which had been done to his brother.

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Itinerary
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Chapter XXVI. Ñ How the king, arriving at Tyre, is not received by the marquis,
but dissembling the insult, proceeds with the men of Pisa, and a small army to
Acre, which the Christians besiege by sea and land.
After a while the king assembled his army and proceeded, to Tyre;
but, demanding admittance, was refused by the marquis, though the city
had been committed to his custody on the condition that it should be
restored to the king and the heirs of the kingdom. Not content with this
injury, he adds insult to breach of faith, for whenever the kingÕs messenger,
or any pilgrims, endeavoured to enter the town, they were treated harshly,
and were in his sight no better than Gentiles and Publicans. But the Pisans,
who possessed no small part of the city, would not be induced to consent
to his perfidy, but with commendable rebellion stood up for the kingÕs
rights. The marquis directed not only insults, but civil war against them,
and they, prudently withdrawing for a time, retired with others from the
city to the army. The troops had pitched their camp in an open plain; but
none of them were allowed to enter the city, even to buy provisions; and
they all found an enemy where they had hoped to find an ally. Whilst these
events were going on, the marquis was afflicted by a complaint to which he
had long been subject; but, as it chanced to assail him this time with greater
violence than usual, he conjectured that he had taken poison. Upon this, he
issued a harsh edict against physicians who make potions; innocent men
were put to death on false suspicions, and those whose province it was to
heal others, now found the practice of their art lead to their own
destruction. The king was urged by many to attack the city, but he
prudently dissembled his own wrong, and hastily marched, with all the
army he could collect, to besiege the town of Acre. There were seven
hundred knights, and others more numerous still, collected out of all
Christendom; but if we were to estimate the whole army, its strength did
not amount altogether to nine thousand men. At the end of August, on St.

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