[1] About this tyme the Souldane named Sala|dine proſpered hugely againſt the Chriſtians in the holy lande,Saladine the Souldane. making ſuche cruell ſlaughter of them, that to heare thereof, all chriſtian heartes were moued to pitifull commiſeration and dolo|rous teares, in ſo muche that Henrye kyng of Englande vowed to goe thyther wyth an ar|mie to relieue the common neceſſitie of the chri|ſtian publique weale, and hadde gone in deede,King Henries purpoſe to go into the holye land againſte the Saraſins hindered by rebellion of his ſonne. if hee had not bene hyndered by the conſpiracie of his ſonne, whome lately before he had cauſed to bee crowned kyng, that wente aboute to v|ſurpe the ſole adminiſtration to hymſelfe nowe in his fathers lyfe tyme.