This was the hotteft day they felt, and it was fo extremely oppreffive that the moft aâive among them were almoft ftlfled in their armour : they had never fuffered fo much before, and yet they remained expeôing the ten Saracens, but in vain, for they never heard a word from them* The army was ordered to attack the town of Africa, fince they were prepared, and thus pafs the day; and the ten champions, in regard to their honour, were to remain on their ground to the evening* The knights and • fquires advanced with great alacrity to the attack of the town, but they were forely opprefled with the heat ; and had the Sara-cens known their fituation, they might have done them much damage, probably they might even have raifed the fiege and obtained a complete viûory, for the Chriftians were exceedingly weakened and worn down. True it is, they gained by ftorm the wall of the firft inclofure ; but no one inhabited • that part, and the enemy retired within their fécond line of defence, fkirmifhing as they retreated, and without any great lofs. The Chriftians paid dear for an inconfiderable ad-vantage : the heat of the fun and its refieâion cm the fands, added to the fatigue of fighting, which lafted until evening, caufed the deaths of feveral valiant knights and fquires : the more the pity* I will mention the names of thofe who this day-fell vi&ims to the heat and unhealthinefs of the climate. Firft, fir William de Gacille, fir Guifcard de la Garde^fir Lyon Scalet, fir Guy de la Salveftei fir William d'Eftapelle, .fir William de Guiret, S19