[1] In the morning betimes king Richard per|ceiuing the citie thus wonne, entred the ſame, & ſhortly after alſo wan a towre, which the Sara|ſins for a while mãfully defended: and thus was the citie of Acres won from the Saraſins, chiefly by meanes of the Scottiſhemen. But now tou|ching their returne from this voyage (for ſith in other places more large mencion is made of ſuch exploites as were atchieued therin, I paſſe ouer to make any lõger diſcourſe therof in this place) ye ſhall vnderſtand, yt in that ſtreynable tempeſt, in ye whiche king Richards nauie was diſperſed in his cõming homewardes (as in the hiſtorie of England is more at large expreſſed) ye ſhip alſo that Erle Dauid was in, chaunced to be thrown a lande on the coaſtes of Egypt, where being ta|ken priſoner, & led into Alexandria,Erle Dauid ta|ken priſoner. He is redemed at length he was redemed by certain merchants of Venice, & firſt conueyed vnto Conſtantinople, & after vn|to Venice, where he was bought out, & redeemed by the Engliſh marchants, & in the end ſuffred to depart home. At his cõming into Flanders, he hyred a veſſell at Sluyce,He wente to Scotlande. therwith to returne in|to Scotland, but beieng lewſed a little off from the ſhore, ſuch a behement tempeſt ſodenly aroſe that droue him, not without great dãger of life, neere to the coaſtes of Norway and Shetland.