[848] Matthew Paris; Litteræ Comit. Richardi.
[849] Sanutus; Vertot.
[850] Bibliothéque Oriental; Joinville; Ducange; Sanutus, 217; Continuation of William of Tyre.
[851] Joinville; Matthew Paris; Bernard in Martenne.
[852] Joinville; Matthew Paris; Epist. Fred. Imper.
[853] Ducange; Joinville; Bernard.
[854] Bernard; Joinville, Matthew Paris.
[855] The whole of these events are extremely obscure in history. I have followed Joinville more than any other author, because I find his account more clear and satisfactory. Ducange’s valuable notes have greatly aided me; but even that indefatigable investigator has not been able to arrive at precise certainty. The accounts in Matthew Paris do not well harmonize with those of persons who had more immediate means of information. Vincent of Beauvais states, that the Corasmins were finally exterminated, not in a battle, but in separate bodies by the peasantry. Their whole number seems to have been about twenty thousand men. Bernard the Treasurer, in Martenne, corroborates the statement of Vincent of Beauvais.
[856] Joinville; Bernard in Martenne; Guillaume Guiart.
[857] Matthew Paris; Joinville.