¶How the crysten men loste alle the holy londe in the forsayd kinges tyme by a fals Crysten man that became a sarrasyne.
ANd whyle thys kynge regned / the gre¦te bataylle was in the holy londe by∣twene the crysten men and the sarrasyns but Crysten men were there slayne thrugh greate treason of ye erle Tyrpe / that wolde haue had to wyf the quene of Iherusalem / that somty∣me was Baldewynes wyfe / but she forsoke hym and toke to her lorde a knyght a worthy man / that was called syr Gnyperches / wher¦fore the erle Tyrpe was wroth / & wente ano∣ne ryght to the Soudan that was Soudan of Babylon / & became his man and forsoke hys crystendome / and alle crysten lawe. And the cerysten men wyst not of his dedes / but wende for to haue had grete helpe of hym as they we¦re wonte to haue before. ¶And whan they ca¦me to the bataylle / thys fals Cresten man tor∣ned vnto the Sarrasyns / & forsoke his owne nacyon. And soo were the crysten men there slayne with the Sarrasyns. ¶And thus we∣re the crysten men slayne & put to horryble de∣the / and the cyte of Ierusalem destroyed / and the holy crosse borne a waye. ¶The kynge of Fraunce & all the grete lordes of the londe lete them be crossyd for to go in to the holy londe· And amonges them wente Rycharde kynge Henryes sone / fyrst after the kynge of Fraun¦ce / that tooke the crosse of the. Archebysshop of Toures / But he toke not the vyage at that tyme for cause that he was lette by other ma∣ner wayes / & nedes to be done. ¶And whan kynge Henry his fader had regned .xxxvi. ye∣re and .v. monethes and four dayes / he deyed and lyeth at Fonntenerad.