Excerpt from Recueil des Historiens des Croisades, Vol. 5: Historiens Orientaux
Bientôt la nouvelle se répandit que les rois francs avaient opéré leur jonction et qu'ils approchaient. Le 1 2 de Rebi' 1er (1 5 avril), le roi de France Philippe (au guste), arriva avec une nombreuse troupe d'adorateurs de la Croix: six grandes galères amenaient ces chevaliers pleins d'ardeur. C'est pour le feu de Ô'lenfer, nous disions - nous, que la mer les apporte: c'est vers la mort que ces misérables sont entraînés. Le roi de France était le plus grand parmi leurs rois; tous lui obéissaient; et partout où il se trouvait, il exerçait une autorité absolue; aussi les Chrétiens ne cessaient de nous menacer de son arrivée prochaine. Il avait apporté de son pays nu' faucon dont il faisait grand cas c'était un gros oiseau au plumage blanc d'une espèce rare, qu'il prisait et choyait beaucoup. Or, ledit faucon s'éch appa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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