Of Jerusalem þe land þei said he suld it haue,
þerto tuenti þousand of Cristen men to saue.
þei treistid not þer tille, bot þei did it in dede,
þe kynge's with gode wille vnto assaut ȝede.
R. had minoures, þat myned vndere þe walle, [Acres ci|vitas capta est per Ri|cardum.]
A pece with a grete cours at ons felle doun alle.
þe Frankis bare þam stoute, þe myned boþe & cast
Vnto a toure Maudut, & wan it at þe last.
þe Sarazins som þei slouh, & som for drede fied,
At þat tyme wele inouh þe Frankis manly sped.
þe Inglis at þer triste bifor þam bare alle doun,
& R. als him liste þe way had redy roun.
Now has R. entre, & Acres taken es,
þe Sarazins com fulle fre, & offred him grete riches.
VNTO Philip of France þe Frankis mad a crie,
"þi worschip to auance com in als kyng hardie.
"Com in as lord of fe, for hedeles ere þei hopped
"& slayn alle may þou se, þat þi way stopped:
& now is Acres taken þorgh R. þe conquerour,
His banere held þam waken was put of o toure,
Kyng Philip did also, his baner was forth laid,
& righ it felle þerto, for no man him withsaid.
¶ [Le duk de Austrice i veent, & banere desplye. Gall. quin & duk etiam infra in MSS. Gallicis. Adeo ut apud inter|pretem nostrum idem valeat erle quod duk, id quod paullo post etiam liquet, ubi duke plane habet.] þe erle of Ostrece cam, & put his banere out,
& R. asked þorgh wham þe erle bare him so stout.
