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JOHN LORD DE JOINVILLE
Memoirs of Louis IX, King of France
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JOHN LORD DE JOINVILLE
Memoirs of Louis IX, King of France
page 84
an acre of ground so covered with bolts, darts, arrows, and
other weapons, that you could not see the earth beneath them,
such showers of these had been discharged against the Tem
plars b j the Saracens. The commander of this battalion had
lost an eye in the preceding battle of Shrove-Tuesday ; and
in this he lost the other, and was slain : God have mercy on
his soul !
Sir Guy de Mal voisin, a bold and valiant captain of another
battalion, was severely wounded in the body ; and the Sara
cens perceiving his gallant conduct and address, shot Greek
fire at him incessantly, so that at one time when he was hit
by it, his people had much difficulty to extinguish i t Bat
notwithstanding this, he stood bold and firm, unconquered by
the Pagans.
From the battalion of Sir Guy de Malvoisin, the lines
which enclosed our army descended to where I was, within a
stone's cast of the river, and passed by the division of the
lord William earl of Flanders, which extended to that branch
of the rrccr which entered the sea. Our battalion was posted
opposite, and on that bank of the river where Sir Guy de
Malvoisin was. The Saracens, observing the appearance of
the division of the earl of Flanders fronting them, dared not
make any attack on us, for which I thanked God, as neither
my knights nor myself could put on any armour, on account
of the wounds we had received in the engagement of the Tues
day, which rendered it impossible to wear any defensive
clothing.
The Lord William of Flanders and his battalion did wonders ; they gallantly and fiercely attacked the Turks on horseback and on foot, and performed great deeds of arms. Seeing their prowess, I ordered my cross-bows to shoot strongly at the Turks, who were on horseback at this engagement; and the moment they felt themselves or horses wounded by the arrows, they instantly took flight, and abandoned their infantry. The earl of Flanders and his division, observing the Turks fly, passed the lines, and charged the Pagans, who were on foot, killing great numbers, and bringing off many targets. Among others, Sir Gaultier de la Horgne, who bore the banner of the count d'Aspremont, displayed mach courage.
Adjoining this battalion was that of my lord the count de
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