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Itinerary
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arrow, and parting his feet as the art requires, with his hands stretched
asunder, and his eyes fixed on the mark,
ÒLets fly the arrow, failing of its aim.Ó
The Welchman, unhurt, demanded the fulfilment of the aforesaid
condition. ÒI will not agree,Ó said the Parthian; Òbut you must stand
another shot, and then have two at me.Ó The Welchman replied, ÒYou do
not stand by your agreement, nor observe the condition you yourself
dictated; and if you will not stand, although I may delay it for a time, as I
may best be able, God will take revenge on you according to His will, for
your treachery;Ó and he had scarce finished speaking, when in the
twinkling of an eye he smote the Turk with his arrow in the breast, as he
was selecting an arrow from his quiver to suit his purpose, and the
weapon, meeting with no obstacle, came out at the back, having pierced the
TurkÕs body; upon which he said to the Turk, ÒYou stood not by your
agreement, nor I by my word.Ó Animated by these and the like successes,
the Christians thought they should preserve themselves for good fortune
by bearing all their misfortunes with more cheerful faith, and more fervent
hope.
Chapter LIX. Ñ Of the sea-fight between the Turks and our men, and how, while
our men are trying to take the Tower of Flies with towers and machines fixed on
the galleys, our machines are destroyed by fire.
Meanwhile the Pisans, and others who were skilled in managing
ships, to whom had been entrusted the siege of the city from the sea, had
built and fitted on their galleys a machine in the form of a castle, with
bulwarks, with a great deal of toil, to overlook the walls, and give the
power of throwing in their missiles more effectually. They had also built
two ladders, with some steps, whereby they might reach the top of the
walls. These machines they covered, as well as the galleys, with raw hides,
so that it was judged they would not be affected by iron, or any kind of
weapon.

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Having all things in readiness, they proceeded to lay siege to the
Tower of Flies, and fiercely attacked it with slings and missiles. Those who
were in the tower manfully resisted them, and being a match for them,
both in strength and good fortune, they took immediate revenge on our
men for the death of one of their party. And in order to vanquish them or
drive them away, nearly two thousand Turks went out from the city
against the galleys to give assistance to the besieged in the tower, while
they harassed the Pisans from the opposite quarter. Our men being skilful
and experienced warriors, moved their machines as conveniently as they
could against the aforesaid tower, and immediately strove to cast immense
anchors on it, and throw on its defenders whatsoever stones or weapons
they had at hand; while others were appointed to fight by sea, and no less
bravely repelled those who attacked them in that quarter. With the anchors
they threw on the tower the defences were pulled down, and the bucklers
and shields crushed to pieces. The tower was assaulted for a long time with
wonderful and intolerable violence; one party succeeding the other when
tired, in rapid succession and with invincible valour. Darts flew with
horrid crash, and ponderous missiles rushed whizzing through the air. The
Turks give way for a time, for they were not able to withstand the brunt of
the battle; and behold! our men, having fixed the ladders for scaling the
tower, were ready to mount, when the Turks, seeing that it was their last
struggle, and that they must resist our ascent with all their might, cast
masses of enormous size down to crush our men and throw them from the
ladders. They afterwards threw Greek fire on our castle, which at last
caught fire; and when those who were in it saw this, they were obliged to
descend and retreat. An incalculable slaughter of the Turks, who attacked
our men from the sea, was made; and although the design of our men was
defeated on the side of the tower, those to seaward slew an immense
number of the enemy. In the end the machines were destroyed by the
devouring fire, together with the turret and the galleys in which they were
placed, and the upright ladders. The Turks, overcome with excessive joy,
laughed with loud shouts, making a mockery of us, and wagging their
heads at our misfortune: and the Christians, being disheartened above
measure, were not less annoyed by the revilings that were heaped upon

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