ry early in the mornyng, and slue of thē more thē 1000, the rest he put to flight, and tooke rich spoyles, marching forward till they came to a castell, named Castrum Peregrinorum, situate vpon the sea coste, and taried there that night, and the nexte day they returned agayne toward Acra. In the meane season, the Kyng of Ierusalē sent vnto the noble men of Cypres, desiryng them with speede, that they would come and ayde the Christiās: but they would not come, saying: they would kepe their own land and go no farther. MarginaliaThe noble men of Cypras shewe their fidelity to the prince and kinges of England.Then prince Edward sent vnto them, desiryng that at his request they would come, and ioyne in aide with him. Who immediatly therupō came vnto hym, with great preparation and furniture for the warres, saying: that at his commaundement they were bound to do no lesse, for that his predecessours were somtimes the gouernours of that their land, and that they ought alwayes to shewe their fidelitie, to the kynges of England. Then the Christians beyng herewith animated, made a thyrd viage or Rode, and came as farre as þ^e forte called Vincula S. Petri, and to S. Georges: & when they had slayne certeine there, not findyng any to make reistence agaynst them, the retired agayne from whēce they came. Whē thus the fame of prince Edward grew amongest his enemyes, and that they began to stand in doubt of him: they diuised amōgest them selues, how by some pollecie they might circumuent him and betraye hym. MarginaliaA guilefull decept of the Sarasēs practised against prīce Edward.
Ex Gisb. Scala mūdWherupon, the great prince & Admirall of Ioppa, sent vnto him: fayning hym selfe vnder great deceapt to become a Christian, and that he would drawe with hym a great nomber besides, so that they might be honorably intertained and vsed of the Christians. This talke pleased the prince well, & persuaded hym to finish þ^t thing, he had so well begō, by writyng agayn: who also by þ^e same messenger sent & wrote backe vnto hym, diuers tymes about þ^e same matter, wherby no mistrust should spring. This messenger, saith myne autor, was one ex caute nutritis, one of the stony harted þ^t neither feared God, nor dreaded death. The fift tyme when this messenger cam, and was of the princes seruantes searched, accordyng to the manour and custome what weapon and armour he had about him, as also hys purse, that not so muche as a knife could be found about him: MarginaliaThe messenger serched before he came to the princes presence.he was had vp into the princes chamber, and after his reuerence done, he pulled out certayn letters, which he deliuered the prince from his Lord, as he had done others before. This was about eight dayes after whitsontide vpon a Teusdaye, somwhat before night: at whych tyme the Prince was layde vpon his bed bare headed in his Ierkynne, for the great heate and intemperature of the weather. When the prince had red the letters, it appeared by them that vpon the saterday next folowing, his lord would be ther ready to accomplish all that he had wrytten and promised. The report of this newes by þ^e prince to þ^e stāders by liked thē wel, drawing sommhat backe to consult therof amongst them selues. In the meane time, the messenger kneeling and making his obeysaunce to the prince (questioning further wyth hym) put his hand to his belt, as though he would haue pulled out some secrete letters: & sodenly he pulled out an inuenemed knyfe, thinking to haue stroken him into the belly therwith as he lay: MarginaliaPrince Edward woŪded and hurt wyth an inuenemed knife of the Turkes messenger.But the prince lifting vp his hand to defend the blowe, was strickē a great wound into the arme. And beyng about to fetch an other stoke at him, the prince agayne wyth hys foote tooke him such a blow, that he feld him to the ground: with that the prince gat him by the hande, and with such violence wrasted the knife from him, that he hurt himselfe therwith on the forhead, and immediatlye thrust the same into the belly of the messenger & striker, and slew hym. The princes seruantes beyng in the next chamber not far of, hearing the buskling, cam w^t great hast running in: and finding the messenger lyeng dead in the floure, one of them tooke vp a stoole, and bet outhys braynes: Whereat the prince was wroth, for that he stroke a dead man, and one that was killed before. The rumour hereof as it was straunge, so it soone went thorowout all the court, and from thence amongest the cōmon people: wherefore they were very heauy and greatly discouraged. To him came also the Capitayne of the temple and brought him a costly and precious drinke agaynst poyson, least the venem of the knife should penetrate the lyuely blood, and in blaming wyse sayde vnto him: Did I not shew your grace before of the deceipte & subtiltie of thys people? Notwithstanding, sayth he, let your grace take a good hart, you shall not dye of thys wound, my lyfe for yours. MarginaliaThe prince in peril of death by reason of his hurt, is cōforted of the phisitions.But straight wayes, the surgions & Phisitions were sent for, & the prince was dressed: and within few dayes after the wound began to putrify, and the flesh to looke dead and blacke, whereupon they that were about the Prince beganne to mutter amongest them selues, and were verye sad and heauye. Which thyng he hymselfe perceauing, sayd vnto them: why mutter you thus amongest your selues? What see you in me, can I not be healed? Tel me the truthe, be ye not afrayde. Whereupon one sayd vnto hym: and lyke your grace you may be healed we mistrust not, but yet it wyll be very paynfull for you to suffer. May suffering sayth he, agayne restore health? Yea sayth the other, on payne of loosing my head. Then sayd the Prince, I commit my selfe to you, do with me what you thinke good. Then sayd one of the Phisicions, is there anye of your nobles in whom your grace reposeth speciall trust? To whom the Prince aunswered yea, namyng certeyne of the noble men that stoode about hym. Then sayde the phisicion to the two whome the Prince first named, the Lord Edmund, and the Lord Iohn Voysie: And do you also faythfully loue your lord and Prince? Who answered both, yea vndoubted. Then sayth he, take ye awaye thys gentlewoman and Lady (meanyng hys wyfe) & let her not see her Lord and husband, tyll such tyme I wyll you therunto. Wherupon they tooke her from out of the Princes presence, crying out and wringing her hands. Then sayd they vnto her, be ye contented good lady and Madam: It is better that one woman shoulde weepe a little whyle, then that all the realm of England should weepe a great season. Then on the morow, they cut out all the deade and inuenemed fleshe oute of the Princes arme, and threw it from them, and sayd vnto him: how chereth your grace, we promise you within these fiftene dayes you shall shew your selfe abroad (if God permit) vpon your horse backe, whole and wel as euer you wer. MarginaliaThe prince restored to helth and the Soldan forsweareth himselfe.And according to the promise hee made the Prince, it came to passe, to the no litle comfort and admiration of all hys subiectes. When the great Souldan herd hereof, and that the Prince was yet alyue, he would scarsly beleue the same: and sending vnto him three of his nobles and Princes, excused himselfe by thē, callyng hys gods to wytnes, that the same was done neither by him, nor his consent. Which Princes and messengers, standyng a loofe of from the kyngs sonne, worshipping him, fell flat vpon the ground. You saith the Prince do reuerence me, but yet you loue me not. But they vnderstood hym not, because he spake in Englishe vnto them, speakyng by an Interpreter. Neuertheles, he honorablye intreated them, and sent them away in peace.

MarginaliaThe prince returneth out of Turky toward England againThus whē prince Edward had bene xviij. monethes in Acra, he tooke shipping aboute the assumption of our ladie, as we call it, returning homeward, and after vij. weekes he arriued in Sicilia at Trapes: and from thēce traueling through Palestina and Methmes, and so throughe the middes of Apulia, till he came to Rome, where he was of the pope honourablye entertayned. From thence he came into Fraunce, whose fame and noble prowes was there much bruted among the common people, and enuied of the nobilitie especially: of the