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time Cyprus ratifies a not inconsiderable cession tothe Hospitallers . 1 Among the gallant enthusiastswere the Counts de Montfort and De Bar, flowers ofchivalry, who, upon hearing from the people of Acrethat it was peace, treated that as of no consequence,since they had pontifical authority to break it; andon the Templars and the Hospitallers refusing tojoin them, for that they would strictly maintain thetruce to which they had sworn, determined to goalone, which Sir Comps did all in his power todissuade them from; it being dangerous to marchwith so small a number, for that the Saracens mightsurround them; the advice was spurned. Stillsome Hospitallers followed them at a distance, butwere soon recalled by their grand master. Yaliantlythe French advanced over the frontier, and werenot far from robbing the Saracens, who howeversoon got them entangled in the sands near Gaza,where most of them were killed, and the rest ledaway into captivity. Which of these misfortunesthe generous-minded He Bar underwent is untold,for never more was he seen ; but long did he exist,if not in the hearts, in the songs of France . 2 It issaid that about this time 3 Richard Plantagenet,

1 Cod. Dipl. Geros., i. 117.—Ivum. ex.

2 Rothelin MS.—Bib. Crois., i. 382.

3 Mikes: Salisbury Ckron.—Bib. Crois., ii. 651.