[1] Herevpon king Richard was fullie persuaded to returne home, but yet through the admonition of certeine persons, and namelie of one William d [...] Poicters, a chapleine of his,William de Poicters K. Richards chapleine. he estsoones altered his purpose, and so remained there, till at length through enuie and malice still increasing amongst the c [...]risti|ans, he perceiued how no good purpose could go for|ward, since that which séemed good to some, was mis|liked of other; and speciallie our writers put great blame in the French men, who either vpon disdaine or other displeasure would not be persuaded to fol|low their aduise, which were knowne b [...]st to vnder|stand the state of things in those parties. And here|vpon, when the armie was aduanced to Betenoble, [page 135] a place not past foure leagues distant from Ierusa|lem, bicause their mind might not be fulfilled for the besieging of Ierusalem, which they had intended to take in hand (whereas the residue would rather that they shuld haue gone to besiege Babylon in Aegypt, and that vpon sundrie great respects) the Frenchmen raised their field, and returned againe to Acres in great despite, putting the rest of the armie also (so much as in them laie) in danger of vtter ruine and distresse.