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Chapter 7

           AmongthelatterwasthePriorofJorvaulx,inthemostgallanttrimwhichadignitaryofthechurchcouldventuretoexhibit.Furandgoldwerenotsparedinhisgarments;andthepointsofhisboots,out-herodingthepreposterousfashionofthetime,turnedupsoveryfar,astobeattached,nottohiskneesmerely,buttohisverygirdle,andeffectuallypreventedhimfromputtinghisfootintothestirrup.This,however,wasaslightinconveniencetothegallantAbbot,who,perhaps,evenrejoicingintheopportunitytodisplayhisaccomplishedhorsemanshipbeforesomanyspectators,especiallyofthefairsex,dispensedwiththeuseofthesesupportstoatimidrider.TherestofPrinceJohn’sretinueconsistedofthefavouriteleadersofhismercenarytroops,somemaraudingbaronsandprofligateattendantsuponthecourt,withseveralKnightsTemplarsandKnightsofStJohn.

           Itmaybehereremarked,thattheknightsofthesetwoorderswereaccountedhostiletoKingRichard,havingadoptedthesideofPhilipofFranceinthelongtrainofdisputeswhichtookplaceinPalestinebetwixtthatmonarchandthelion-heartedKingofEngland.Itwasthewell-knownconsequenceofthisdiscordthatRichard’srepeatedvictorieshadbeenrenderedfruitless,hisromanticattemptstobesiegeJerusalemdisappointed,andthefruitofalltheglorywhichhehadacquiredhaddwindledintoanuncertaintrucewiththeSultanSaladin.

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