74 ROGER OF WEKDOVER. [A.D . 1189. sea*, entered into an agreement with the pilgrims of England, and, by common consent, leaving Dartmouth on the ISth of May thirty-seven vessels, deeply laden, put to sea, and after various adventures arrived at Lisbon. The king of Portugal, seeing that they carried arms and soldiers well equipped for battle, entreated them to assist him in reducing the city of Seville, promising to lend them thirty-seven galleys and many other ships: he also entered into a treaty with them on oath that they should keep all the gold, silver, and other spoil, which they should find in the city, when they had taken it, and give up to hiin only the city itself. They therefore left Lisbon with a favourable wind, and som reached the port of Seville, where they brought their ships to land, pitched their camp, and laid siege straightway to the city. The number of their men fit for battle was three thousand five hundred. On the third day they made a fierce assault on the walls and forced their way into the suburbs, where there was a fountain surrounded by a double wall, and having a barbican defended by nine towers, from which the inhabitants of the city got water. This fountain they filled with dung and stones. The gentiles were now alarmed at being cut off from their supply of water; and Alchad the prince of the city, going to the king of Portugal, surrendered the city to him without the knowdedge of the Christians. Thus the crusaders took the city in this wonderful manner, and found in it sixty thousand people,all of whom,except only thirteen thousand of both sexo, were put to the sword. Hy the mercy of Cod, this victory was obtained without loss to the Christians, and when the city had been cleansed from its impurities, the king of Portugal dedicated the great mosque to the honour of the mother of God, and made bishop of it one of the pilgrims who had come thither from Flanders. How king Henry was compelled lo make jieace with Uiehard his son. The same year, on the day after the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, Philip count of Flanders, William archbishop of Rheims, and Hugh duke of Riirgiiudy, came ίο Sattiuiir for the purpose of making peace between the French king and count Richard of Poictou. Now count Kiehard had joined the Prêtons to the men of Poictou, aitd they Inni obtained letters patent from the king of France, to the effect that he would