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pharaoh_n ancient_o who_o give_v unto_o joseph_n so_o large_a authority_n as_o we_o may_v read_v in_o genesis_n 41.40_o some_o example_n also_o we_o have_v hereof_o in_o france_n about_o nine_o hundred_o year_n ago_o childerick_n theodorick_n clovis_n childebert_n dagobert_n etc._n etc._n a_o chain_n of_o idle_a king_n well_o link_v together_o give_v themselves_o over_o to_o pleasure_n private_o never_o come_v abroad_o but_o only_o on_o may-day_n they_o show_v themselves_o to_o the_o people_n ride_v in_o a_o chariot_n adorn_v with_o flower_n and_o draw_v with_o ox_n slow_a cattle_n but_o good_a enough_o for_o so_o lazy_a luggage_n while_o charles_n martell_n and_o pipin_n major_n of_o the_o palace_n open_v packet_n give_v audience_n to_o ambassador_n make_v war_n or_o peace_n enact_v and_o repeal_v law_n at_o pleasure_n till_o afterward_o from_o controller_n of_o the_o king_n household_n they_o become_v controller_n of_o the_o king_n and_o at_o last_o king_n themselves_o to_o return_v to_o egypt_n let_v none_o be_v trouble_v pardon_v a_o charitable_a digression_n to_o satisfy_v some_o scrupulous_a in_o a_o point_n of_o chronologie_n if_o they_o find_v ancient_o more_o king_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o long_o reign_v then_o the_o consent_n of_o time_n will_v allow_v room_n for_o for_o no_o doubt_n that_o which_o have_v swell_v the_o number_n be_v the_o count_a deputy_n for_o king_n yea_o we_o find_v the_o holy_a spirit_n in_o the_o same_o breath_n 1._o reg._n 22.47_o speak_v a_o viceroy_n to_o be_v a_o king_n and_o no_o king_n both_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o edom_n a_o deputy_n be_v king_n chap._n 23._o the_o lamentable_a death_n of_o king_n fulk_n when_o fulco_n have_v now_o eleven_o year_n with_o much_o industry_n and_o care_n though_o with_o little_a enlarge_n of_o his_o dominion_n govern_v the_o land_n 1142_o he_o be_v slay_v in_o earnest_n as_o follow_v his_o sport_n in_o hunt_v ult_n to_o the_o great_a grief_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o we_o may_v hear_v he_o thus_o speak_v his_o epitaph_n a_o hare_n i_o hunt_v and_o death_n hunt_v i_o the_o more_o my_o speed_n be_v be_v the_o worse_a my_o speed_n for_o as_o well-mounted_n i_o away_o do_v flee_v death_n catch_v and_o kill_v i_o fall_v from_o my_o steed_n yet_o this_o mishap_n a_o happy_a miss_n i_o count_v that_o fall_v from_o horse_n that_o i_o to_o heaven_n may_v mount_v a_o prince_n of_o a_o sweet_a nature_n and_o though_o one_o will_v have_v read_v he_o to_o be_v very_o furious_a by_o his_o high-coloured_n countenance_n yet_o his_o face_n be_v a_o good_a hypocrite_n and_o contra_fw-la leges_fw-la istius_fw-la coloris_fw-la say_v 1._o tyrius_n he_o be_v affable_a courteous_a and_o pitiful_a to_o all_o in_o distress_n he_o be_v bury_v with_o his_o predecessor_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o sepulchre_n leave_v two_o son_n baldwine_n who_o be_v 13_o and_o almerick_n 7_o year_n old_a chap._n 24._o the_o disposition_n of_o baldwine_n the_o three_o the_o care_n of_o queen_n millesent_a in_o her_o son_n minority_n baldwine_n succeed_v his_o father_n 1243_o who_o quick_o grow_v up_o as_o to_o age_n so_o in_o all_o royal_a accomplishment_n and_o become_v a_o most_o complete_a prince_n well_o learned_a especial_o in_o history_n liberal_a very_o witty_a and_o very_o pleasant_a in_o discourse_n he_o will_v often_o give_v a_o smart_a jest_n which_o will_v make_v the_o place_n both_o blush_n and_o bleed_v where_o it_o light_v yet_o this_o be_v the_o better_a take_v at_o his_o hand_n because_o he_o cherish_v not_o a_o cowardly_a wit_n in_o himself_o to_o wound_v man_n behind_o their_o back_n but_o play_v on_o they_o free_o to_o their_o face_n yea_o and_o never_o refuse_v the_o coin_n he_o pay_v they_o in_o but_o will_v be_v content_v though_o a_o king_n to_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o a_o good_a jest_n and_o 2._o sometime_o he_o be_v well-favoured_o meet_v with_o as_o the_o best_a fencer_n in_o
so_o that_o their_o luxury_n differ_v from_o elias_n his_o austerity_n as_o much_o as_o velvet_n from_o sackcloth_n wherefore_o that_o the_o carmelites_n come_v from_o mount_n carmel_n can_v be_v deny_v but_o on_o that_o mountain_n i_o find_v that_o both_o elias_n and_o baal_n priest_n gather_v together_o and_o let_v the_o indifferent_a reader_n judge_v which_o of_o they_o their_o life_n do_v most_o resemble_v afterward_o pope_n honorius_n 3_o count_v the_o particoloured_a coat_n these_o carmelites_n do_v wear_v to_o be_v too_o gaudy_a cause_v they_o to_o wear_v only_o white_a the_o colour_n which_o nature_n do_v die_v simple_a and_o therefore_o fit_a for_o religion_n but_o melexala_n king_n of_o egypt_n who_o former_o be_v very_o bountiful_a to_o the_o carmelites_n know_v not_o his_o alms-man_n in_o their_o new_a coat_n but_o change_v his_o love_n as_o they_o their_o livery_n and_o persecute_v they_o out_o of_o all_o egypt_n it_o seem_v afterward_o by_o the_o complaint_n of_o mores_fw-la mantuan_n that_o they_o wear_v some_o black_a again_o over_o their_o white_a for_o he_o play_v on_o they_o as_o if_o their_o bad_a manner_n have_v black_v and_o alter_v their_o clothes_n now_o though_o palestine_n be_v their_o mother_n england_n be_v their_o best_a nurse_n ralph_n fresburg_n about_o the_o year_n 1240_o first_o bring_v they_o hither_o and_o they_o be_v first_o seat_v at_o newenden_n in_o northumberland_n kent_n a_o carm._n hundred_o and_o forty_o english_a writer_n have_v be_v of_o this_o order_n and_o here_o they_o flourish_v in_o great_a pomp_n till_o at_o last_o king_n henry_n the_o 8._o as_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n so_o turn_v their_o house_n into_o a_o wilderness_n not_o only_o break_v the_o neck_n of_o all_o abbey_n in_o england_n but_o also_o scatter_v abroad_o their_o very_a bone_n past_a possibility_n of_o recounit_a they_o chap._n 27._o edessa_n lose_v the_o hopeful_a voyage_n of_o conrade_n the_o emperor_n and_o lewis_n king_n of_o france_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n blast_v by_o the_o perfidiousness_n of_o emmanuel_n the_o grecian_a emperor_n empires_n have_v their_o set_a bound_n whither_o when_o they_o come_v they_o stand_v still_o go_v back_o fall_v down_o this_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o under_o godfrey_n and_o the_o two_o first_o baldwine_n be_v a_o gainer_n under_o fulk_n a_o saver_n under_o the_o succeed_a king_n a_o constant_a loser_n till_o all_o be_v go_v for_o now_o sanguine_a prince_n of_o the_o turk_n as_o bloody_a as_o his_o name_n wrest_v from_o the_o christian_n the_o country_n and_o city_n of_o edessa_n one_o of_o the_o four_o tetrarchy_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o though_o sanguine_a short_o after_o be_v stab_v at_o a_o feast_n yet_o noradine_n his_o son_n succeed_v and_o exceed_v he_o in_o cruelty_n against_o the_o christian_n the_o loss_n of_o edessa_n wherein_o 5._o our_o religion_n have_v flourish_v ever_o since_o the_o apostle_n time_n move_v conrade_n emperor_n of_o the_o west_n 1147_o and_o lewis_n the_o 7._o surname_v the_o young_a king_n of_o france_n to_o undertake_v a_o voyage_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n pope_n eugenius_n the_o 3._o bestir_v himself_o in_o the_o matter_n and_o make_v s._n bernard_n his_o solicitor_n to_o advance_v the_o design_n for_o never_o can_v so_o much_o steel_n have_v be_v draw_v into_o the_o east_n have_v not_o this_o good_a man_n persuasion_n be_v the_o loadstone_n the_o emperor_n army_n contain_v two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n beside_o fifty_o thousand_o horse_n nor_o be_v the_o army_n of_o king_n lewis_n much_o inferior_a in_o number_n in_o france_n they_o send_v a_o 7._o distaff_n and_o a_o spindle_n to_o all_o those_o able_a man_n that_o go_v not_o with_o they_o as_o upbraid_v their_o effeminateness_n and_o no_o wonder_n when_o woman_n themselves_o go_v in_o armour_n have_v a_o brave_a lass_n like_o another_o penthesilea_n for_o their_o leader_n so_o befringe_v with_o gold_n that_o they_o call_v her_o 〈◊〉_d golden-foot_n ride_v astride_v like_o man_n which_o i_o shall_v count_v more_o strange_a but_o that_o i_o find_v all_o woman_n in_o england_n in_o the_o same_o posture_n on_o their_o horse_n till_o surrey_n anna_n wife_n to_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o some_o 200_o year_n since_o teach_v they_o a_o more_o modest_a behaviour_n the_o turk_n do_v quake_v hear_v of_o these_o preparation_n which_o to_o they_o be_v report_v far_o great_a than_o they_o be_v fame_n contrary_a to_o all_o other_o painter_n make_v those_o thing_n the_o great_a which_o be_v present_v the_o far_a off_o conrade_z with_o his_o army_n take_v his_o way_n through_o grecia_n where_o emmanuel_n the_o emperor_n possess_v with_o a_o hereditary_a fear_n of_o the_o latin_n fortify_v his_o city_n in_o the_o way_n as_o know_v there_o need_v strong_a bank_n where_o such_o a_o stream_n of_o people_n be_v to_o pass_v and_o suspect_v that_o if_o these_o pilgrim_n often_o make_v his_o empire_n their_o highway_n into_o palestine_n little_a grass_n will_v grow_v in_o so_o tread_v a_o path_n and_o his_o country_n thereby_o be_v much_o endamage_v he_o use_v they_o most_o treacherous_o give_v they_o bad_a welcome_n that_o he_o may_v no_o more_o have_v such_o guest_n to_o increase_v their_o misery_n as_o the_o dutch_a encamp_v by_o the_o river_n priâ—s_fw-la melas_n if_o that_o may_v be_v call_v a_o river_n which_o be_v all_o mud_n in_o summer_n all_o sea_n in_o winter_n deserve_v his_o name_n from_o this_o black_a and_o dismal_a accident_n it_o drown_v many_o with_o its_o sudden_a overflowing_n as_o if_o it_o have_v conspire_v with_o the_o grecian_n and_o learned_a treachery_n from_o they_o they_o that_o survive_v this_o sudden_a mishap_n be_v reserve_v for_o linger_a misery_n for_o the_o grecian_a emperor_n do_v they_o all_o possible_a mischief_n by_o mingle_v lime_n with_o their_o meal_n by_o kill_v of_o straggler_n by_o hold_v intelligence_n with_o the_o turk_n their_o enemy_n by_o corrupt_v his_o coin_n make_v his_o silver_n as_o base_a as_o himself_o so_o that_o the_o dutch_a sell_v good_a ware_n for_o bad_a money_n and_o buy_v bad_a ware_n with_o good_a money_n by_o give_v they_o false_a conductour_n which_o train_v they_o into_o danger_n so_o that_o there_o be_v more_o fear_n of_o the_o guide_v then_o of_o the_o way_n all_o which_o his_o unfaithful_a deal_n be_v record_v by_o that_o faithful_a historian_n 5._o nicetas_n choniates_n who_o though_o a_o grecian_a bear_v affirm_v these_o thing_n the_o truth_n of_o his_o love_n to_o his_o countryman_n no_o whit_n prejudice_v his_o love_n to_o the_o truth_n chap._n 28._o the_o turk_n conquer_v at_o meander_n the_o dutch_a and_o french_a arrive_n in_o palestine_n scarce_a have_v the_o dutch_a escape_v the_o treachery_n of_o the_o greek_n when_o they_o be_v encounter_v with_o the_o hostility_n of_o the_o turk_n who_o wait_v for_o they_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o meander_n the_o river_n be_v not_o foordable_a ship_n or_o bridge_n the_o christian_n have_v none_o when_o behold_v conrade_n the_o emperor_n adventure_v on_o a_o action_n which_o because_o it_o be_v successful_a shall_v be_v account_v valiant_a otherwise_o we_o shall_v term_v it_o desperate_a after_o a_o 33._o exhortation_n to_o his_o army_n he_o command_v they_o all_o at_o once_o to_o flownce_v into_o the_o river_n meander_n be_v plunge_v by_o their_o plunge_v into_o it_o his_o water_n stand_v 6._o amaze_v as_o unresolved_a whether_o to_o retreat_v to_o the_o fountain_n or_o proceed_v to_o the_o sea_n and_o in_o this_o ecstasy_n afford_v they_o a_o dry_a passage_n over_o the_o stream_n a_o act_n which_o like_o that_o of_o horatius_n cocles_n his_o leap_v into_o tiber_n 2._o plus_fw-la famae_fw-la ad_fw-la posteros_fw-la habiturum_fw-la quam_fw-la fidei_fw-la will_v find_v more_o admirer_n than_o believer_n with_o posterity_n the_o affright_a turk_n on_o the_o other_o side_n think_v there_o be_v no_o contend_v with_o they_o that_o do_v teach_v nature_n itself_o obedience_n offer_v their_o throat_n to_o the_o christian_n sword_n and_o be_v kill_v in_o such_o number_n that_o whole_a pile_n of_o dead_a bone_n remain_v there_o for_o a_o monument_n like_o those_o heap_n of_o the_o cimbrian_o slay_v by_o marius_n near_o marseils_n where_o afterward_o the_o inhabitant_n wall_v their_o vineyard_n with_o scull_n and_o guard_v their_o 227._o grape_n with_o dead_a man_n hence_o conrade_n make_v forward_o to_o iconium_n now_o call_v cogni_n which_o he_o besiege_v in_o vain_a to_o the_o great_a loss_n of_o his_o army_n the_o king_n of_o france_n follow_v after_o with_o great_a multitude_n and_o drink_v of_o the_o same_o cup_n at_o the_o grecian_n hand_n though_o not_o so_o deep_o till_o at_o last_o find_v that_o those_o who_o march_v through_o the_o continent_n meet_v with_o a_o ocean_n of_o misery_n he_o think_v better_a to_o trust_v the_o wind_n and_o sea_n than_o
the_o greek_n and_o take_v ship_v safe_o arrive_v in_o palestine_n where_o he_o be_v high_o welcome_v by_o reimund_n prince_n of_o antioch_n some_o week_n be_v spend_v in_o comply_v entertainment_n and_o visit_v holy_a place_n till_o at_o last_o elinor_n wife_n to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n who_o accompany_v her_o husband_n make_v religion_n her_o pander_n and_o play_v vita_fw-la bankrupt_a of_o her_o honour_n under_o pretence_n of_o pilgrimage_n keep_v company_n with_o a_o base_a saracen_n jester_n who_o she_o prefer_v before_o a_o king_n thus_o love_n may_v blindfold_v the_o eye_n but_o lust_n bore_v they_o out_o yea_o now_o she_o plead_v that_o she_o may_v be_v no_o long_o wife_n to_o the_o king_n because_o she_o be_v too_o near_o unto_o he_o within_o the_o degree_n forbid_v this_o new-started_n scruple_n never_o trouble_v she_o before_o but_o some_o have_v sluice_n in_o their_o conscience_n and_o can_v keep_v they_o open_a or_o shut_v they_o as_o occasion_n require_v chap._n 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