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¶ How Rychards hors cam & passed' thurgh thexcersyte of the admyral, & was seen & knowen of the peres of Fraunce, in soo moche that they thought that duc Rychard' had' been deed'; & how the brydge of Mantryble was kepte: capitulo iij
Rychard̛ of Normandye wyth his swerde in hys fyste rode hastely, & the sarasyns whych ranne after hym came and̛ fonde theyr kyng deed, of whome the hede was on that one syde of the waye, & the body on that other. It byhoueth not to recounte the sorowe that they were in, whan the chyef of alle the sarasyns of myght and̛ parentage was descomfyted̛ and̛ slayn; and̛ for thyng that they coude do, they coude not reteyne Rychards hors. & the fyrst that [sign. h iij, col. 2] sawe the hors come rennyng was thadmyral, whiche called gorant, sone of kyng̛ grehier, & also sortybrant of conymbres, & sayd to them: "by my god̛ appolyn, whan I wel aduyse and̛ remembre me, I ought wel to loue my neuewe Claryon, and̛ holde hym dere emonge al other. I see wel that he hath put to deth the messager of the Frensshe men: that it is trouthe, ye may see his hors that yonder cometh." and̛ thadmyrall commanded that he sℏold hastely be taken. but whan the hors saw that they wold haue taken hym, he ranne and̛ smote out, & cessed not tyl he cam to the yate of the castel in whyche the barons of Fraunce were enclosed̛. & whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard̛, they were al affrayed̛ and̛ moeued̛, and̛ came & opened̛ the gate, and̛ anone he entred̛ in; and̛ after that the yate was sℏette, they arenged̛ them aboute the sayd̛ hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng̛ pyetously. ¶ And̛ Duc Naymes spake fyrst and̛ sayd̛: