[1] About the same time,The earle of Salisburie & other go into the holie land. William de Longespée earle of Salisburie, and Robert de Uéer, with other Eng|lishmen, to the number of two hundred knights, ha|uing taken on them the crosse, went into the holie land, the said earle being their chéefe capteine, and had so prosperous speed in their iornie, that they arri|ued safe and sound in the christian armie, where (the French king being chéefe thereof) they were receiued ioifullie. Matth. Paris. But yet (as Matthew Paris writeth) the pride and disdaine of the Frenchmen was so great, that vpon spite and enuie conceiued at the English|mens glorie, which bare themselues right worthilie,The spite of the French towards the Englishmen. the Frenchmen vsed the Englishmen nothing freendlie; & namelie the earle of Arras sticked not to speake manie reprochfull words against the said William de Longespée and his people, whereat they could not but take great indignation.