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day of Iuly, 1102.
and in the second yeere of Baldwine king of Ierusalem. Whereupon the
multitude of the Sarazens, seeing that the Christian power ioyned
themselves boldly, close by them even face to face in a lodging hard by
them, the very next night at midnight, remooued their tents, and pitched
them more then a mile off, that they might the next morning bee
aduised whether they should returne to Ascalon, or by often assaults
vexe the citizens of Iaphet.
[Chronicon Hierosolymitanum, eodem libro 9. cap. l2.] continueth this
historie of these two hundreth saile of ships, and sheweth how by their
prowesse chiefly, the multitude of the Sarazens were in short space
vanquished and ouerthrowen: The words are these; Ab ipso verò die
tertiæ feriæ dum sic in superbia et elatione suæ multitudinis immobiles
Saraceni persisterent, et multis armorum terroribus Christianum
populum vexarent, sexta feria appropinquante. Rex Baldwinus in tubis

et cornibus a Iaphet egrediens, in manu robusta equitum et peditum
virtutem illorum crudeli bello est aggressus, magnis hinc et hinc
clamoribus intonantes. Christiani quoque qui nauigio appulsi sunt
horribili pariter clamore cum Rege Baldwino, et graui strepitu
vociferantes, Babylonios vehementi pugna sunt aggressi, sæuissimis
atque mortiferis plagis eos affligentes, donec bello fatigati, et contrà
['vntrà' in source text--KTH] vim non sustinentes fugam versus
Ascalonea inierunt. Alij verò ab insecutoribus eripi existimantes, et
mari se credentes, intolerabili procellarum fluctuatione absorpti sunt. Et
sic ciuitas Ioppe cum habitatoribus suis liberata est; Ceciderunt hac die
tria millia Saracenorum Christianorum verò pauci perijsse inuenti sunt.
The same in English.
Yet notwithstanding, after the said third day of Iuly, the Sarazens
persisted high minded and insolent, by reason of their great multitude,
and much annoied the Christian people with their many forceable and
terrible weapons; whereupon, on the sixt day of Iuly early in the
morning king Baldwine issued out of Iaphet, his trumpets and cornets
yeelding a great and lowd sound, and with a very strong armie as well
of horsemen as footemen, who on euery side making great shoutes and
outcries, with fierce and sharpe battell set on the maine power of their
enemies. The Christians also who arriued in the nauie, rearing great
clamours and noyses, with loud voices and shoutings in horrible wise
together, with king Baldwine assaulted likewise with strong battell the
Babylonians, and afflicted them with most sore and deadly wounds,
vntill the Sarazens being wearied with fighting, nor able longer to
endure and hold out against the valure of the Christians, fled towards
Ascalon. And other of them hoping to escape from them that pursued
them, lept into the sea, and were swalowed vp in the waues thereof.
And so the citie of Ioppa with the inhabitants thereof were freed of their
enemies. There were slaine this day three thousand Sarazens, and but a
few of the Christians perished.
* * * * *
A Fleete of Englishmen, Danes, and Flemings, arriued at Ioppa in the
Holy land, the seuenth yeere of Baldwine the second king of
Hierusalem. Written in the beginning of the tenth booke of the
Chronicle of Hierusalem, in the 8. yeere of Henry the first of England.
Chap: 1.

At the same time also in the seuenth yeere of the raigne of Baldwine
the Catholike king of Hierusalem, a very great warrelike Fleete of the
Catholike nation of England, to the number of about seuen thousand,
hauing with them more men of warre of the kingdom of Denmarke, of
Flanders and of Antwerpe, arriued with ships which they call Busses, at
the hauen of the citie of Iaphet, determining there to make their abode,
vntill they hauing obtained the kings licence and safeconduct, might
safely worship at Hierusalem. Of which nauie the chiefest and best
spoken repairing to the king, spake to him in this maner. Christ
preserue the Kings life, and prosper his kingdome from day to day;
Wee, being men and souldiours of Christian profession, haue, through
the helpe of God, sayled hither through mightie and large seas, from the
farre countreys of England, Flanders, and Denmarke, to worship at
Ierusalem, and to visit the sepulchre of our Lord. And therefore we are
assembled to intreat your clemency touching the matter, that by your
fauour and safe conduct we may peaceably goe vp to Ierusalem, and
worship there, and so returne.
Chap. 2.
The king fauourably hearing their whole petition, granted vnto them a
strong band of men to conduct them, which brought them safely from
all assaults and ambushes of the Gentiles by the knowen wayes vnto
Ierusalem and all other places of deuotion. After that these pilgrims,
and new Christian strangers were brought thither, they offering vnto
our Lord their vowes in the temple of the holy sepulchre, returned with
great ioy, and without all let vnto Ioppa; where