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part of it gave way under their weight, with those who were on it, and, as it
was of considerable elevation, about a hundred men fell into the water,
which was very violent, and its course rapid, and owing to its depth, it was
difficult for any who had fallen in to get out alive. But they who fell in
cried out loudly, and implored assistance; and, wonderful to relate, though
exhausted, they all escaped save two, who were drowned, and experienced

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death of the body, though they live spiritually in Christ, in whose service
they were. Those who came behind were embarrassed by their numbers, as
each sought his own way or means of crossing the Rhone; but they were
thrown into despair by the breaking down of the bridge, which seemed to
cut off their hopes of reaching the other side. On learning this, King
Richard, whose constancy was never shaken, relieved their anxiety by
causing a bridge to be made, by collecting as quickly as possible a number
of boats together, such as the urgent necessity of the case should suggest;
and so they crossed over, after some delay and difficulty. This accident
caused a delay of three days to the king and his army: one part then
proceeded to the nearest port, Marseilles; part went to Venice; part to
Genoa, or Barlata, or Brundusium; and very many set out for Messina, the
port where the two kings were to meet. Three days afterwards, the king
departed, and on the same day the bridge was broken up. From Lyons we
crossed by Vicaria near Alba Ripa, thence to Mount Galonte, afterwards to
St. Bernard of Rumaux, then by Valence, afterwards by Ariola, after that to
Valois, thence to St. Paul of Provence; we afterwards passed through
Mount Drague and Orenge, and then crossing Mount Sorgre, we came to
Dompas, near Avignon, then by Tenaiz, then by Salus and Marignan near
the sea, and thence to Marseilles, where we stayed three weeks; then we
embarked the day after the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the
first year of King RichardÕs coronation, and passed between two islands, of
which Sardinia, one of them, was on our right, Corsica, the other, on our
left: here there is a great strait of the sea. We then passed between two
burning mountains, one called Vulcano, the other Strango, and by Farus, a
very perilous stream, and then arrived at the city of Messina, where the
fleet of King Richard lay, which he sent forward, as we have said before.
Chapter XI. Ñ Of the city of Messina, and of the queen, sister to King Richard,
and of her dowry from Tancred.
You must know that the city of Messina is filled with abundance of
good things; its situation is pleasant and very agreeable; it lies on the
confines of Sicily and Rasa, which was said to have been given to the

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famous Agoland, for his services. Thus the city of Messina stands the first
in Sicily for affluence and wealth; but its inhabitants are a wicked and cruel
race. Their king, Tancred, was very rich in every kind of wealth, which his
predecessors, from the time of Robert Guiscard, had amassed. At the same
time, the queen of Apulia, having lost her husband, William, was staying at
Palermo; for King William had died without an heir, and his queen with
her dowry was in ward of the same King Tancred, who had succeeded
King William on the throne. This dowager queen was sister to Richard,
king of England, who taking up her cause, forced King Tancred to give
condign satisfaction, over and above the dowry that was due to her.
Chapter XII. Ñ Of the injuries which the Griffons at Messina did to our men