Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Whilest these things were a dooing, R. Houed. Wil. Paruus. Fiftene saith Functius, but others agrée with Houed. as Gerardus Mercator, ci|ting Alberi|cus a moonke. on the twelfth daie of Iulie, the citie of Acres was surrendred into the christian mens hands, for the Soldan Saladine (being approched néere to the siege of the christians with a puissant armie, in hope to haue raised their siege) when he perceiued it laie not in his power to worke any feat to the succour of his people within the citie, and that they were so constreined that they must néeds yéeld, he holpe to make their compositi|on, and promised to performe certeine couenants on their behalfe. Herevpon, the Saracens within A|cres couenanted not onelie to deliuer the citie vnto the christians with fiue hundred prisoners of christi|ans which they had within the same, but also to pro|cure that the holie crosse should be to them deliuered, with a thousand other christian prisoners, such as the christian princes should appoint out of those numbers which Saladine had in his custodie, and further, to giue them two hundred thousand Besans. And till these couenants were performed, it was agréed, that the Saracens, which were at that present left within the citie, should remaine as pledges, vnder conditi|on, that if the same couenants were not performed within fortie daies, then should they stand at the mer|cie of the christian princes as touching life and lim.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 These things thus concluded,The citie of Acres. and the citie yéelded vp into the christian mens hands, the French king EEBO page image 133 vpon enuie and malice conceiued against king Ri|chard (although he pretended sicknesse for excuse) de|parted homewards,The French K. returneth home. setting from Acres the last day of Iulie. Now then, after the departure of king Phi|lip, when the day approched, in the which the Saracens should performe the couenants; or else stand to the iudgement of life and death at the pleasure of the christian princes: it was perceiued that the coue|nants would not be fullfilled according to the agrée|ment. For Saladine, as it well appeared, ment not to performe that which for the safegard of his men he had vndertaken, and did but dallie with the christi|ans to prolong the time: wherevpon sentence was giuen foorth, that for default in such behalfe, the Sa|racens remaining as pledges should loose their heads.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Saladine hauing knowledge thereof, sent word to king Richard and to the whole christian armie, that if his people that were in the christian mens hands lost their heads, he would not faile but cause the heads of all those christians which he had in captiuitie to be cut off also. Notwithstanding which answer, on the fourteenth day of August king Richard issued foorth of the citie, passing the vttermost ditches, and incamped himselfe neere the armie of Saladine, who the same daie sent rich presents vnto king Ri|chard, requiring of him a longer day for perfor|mance of the couenants, but that would not be gran|ted. Wherefore vpon the said deniall, Saladine cau|sed all those christian prisoners which he had in his hands to be beheaded on the eightéenth day of Au|gust,Saladine causeth the christian pri|soners to be beheaded. on which day king Richard aduanced foorth to|wards the lodgings of the Saracens, and skirmished with them verie hotlie, so that manie were woun|ded and slaine on both parts: and amongst other one of king Richards companions at all exercises na|med Peter Mignot lost his life there. Furthermore, although king Richard knew that Saladine had put the christian prisoners to death in such wise as you haue heard, yet would not he preuent his terme ap|pointed for the execution of the Sarace [...]s that were in his custodie, but abiding vnto the twentith day of August, he then caused those Saracens which fell to his lot, at the time of the surrender of Acres, being in number about 2600. to be brought foorth of the ci|tie, and néere to the walles in the sight of Saladine and all his host they had their heads chopped off. The duke of Burgoigne caused execution to be doone within the citie vpon those which fell to the French kings share, the number of the which rose to two thousand and foure hundred, or thereabouts: for the whole number was reckoned to be about fiue thou|sand that thus lost their liues through the inconstan|cie of their prince: yet diuerse of the principall had their liues saued. The Saracens themselues also spake much euill of Saladine for this matter, bicause that refusing to performe the articles of couenants, R. Houed. he had occasioned the enimie to slea those that had so valiantlie serued in defense of the citie, to the vtter|most ieopardie of their liues. And her [...]e is verified that knowne verse,

Quicquid delirant reges plectu [...]tur Achiu [...].