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1275 it contains but praise. And in addition tothis, when the grand masters followed him to theCouncil of Lyons, they were given seats above thePeers of France and cardinals or ambassadors, andnext to those intended for crowned kings. 1 Yetwherever Bibars went, whether to Egypt or againstCyprus, he had one reigning idea to which all hisothers were subservient, the conquest of Acre;though to execute this, he was resolved to employevery means and not to be in a hurry, but insuresuccess. 2 His fleet shipwrecking off Cyprus, heindignantly swore to exterminate every Christianstate; but death prevented the execution of histhreats, nor did his sons stably succeed him, butwere soon dethroned in turns; and the Emir„ Kelaoun became Sultan. It was in 1278,in which year Sir Hugh de Revel died, andwas succeeded by Sir Nicholas de Lorgne—whichYertot spells wrong. It is Lorgne and not Lorgue. 3Of what country, uncertain. But that he wasreigning in September, 1278, we have a documentthat proves it, and from the context he appears tohave been grand master several weeks previously. 4

1 Cod. Dipl. Gcros. i., Hum. xiv. 279; Hum. xv. 280.

2 Michaud : Hist., y. 105.

3 Yertot: iii. 534.

4 Cod. Dipl. Gcros. i. Hum. civ.—Appendix, Ixxy.