Lestorie Des Engles Solum la Translacion Maistre Geffrei Gaimar Volume 2 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...it and reigned well. Normans, English he ruled hard. All the land he brought to peace. 5755. Curbarant or Kerboga, general of the Sultan of Persia, was defeated before Antioch by the Christians and slain by duke Robert on June 28, 1098. Hen. Hunt., 227. W. Malms., Bk. iv., § 364. 5767. Godfrey de Bouillon was elected king of Jerusalem 1099. 5772. Sibilla, Robert's wife, was the daughter of William de Conversano. He married her on his return from the East in Apulia. W. Malms., Gesta Regum, iv., c. 2. Then he crossed the sea; he went to Sdez With a right great host which he had gathered. 5785 At Alenijon he erossed the Sarthe. He came into Maine, and hesieged Le Mans. He tarried till he took the city. Then he left some of his household there, And went into England. 5790 The people of Anjou and Maine, By the command of Geoffrey Martel, Came to Le Mans, and besieged it. On all sides round they sat down, And much they threatened those within, 5795 And said it was bad for them that they had come inside. But none the less a messenger Went full fast to tell the king. He found him at Brockenhurst, 5800 At the head of the New Forest, Where he sat at his dinner. When he saw the king rise from his meat, He came before him, he saluted him. The king asked him, "How goes it? 5805 "How fare my knights "Whom I left in Le Mans the other day?" "Sir," said he," "they are besieged, "The siege extends as far as the bridge. "On all sides of the city "Are the Angevins quartered. 5810 "More than a thousand tents are spread. 5784. King William went to Normandy in February 1091, AS. Chr., but this refers to his second journey thither in November 1097. 5788. William took Le Mans in August 1098. 5792. Geoffrey Martel was ...