Richard the Lion Heart

by Kate Norgate

[618] The “fifteen days” come from Est., ll. 2061-4, and Itin., 203. The Gesta, 167, and R. Howden, iii. 110, lengthen the campaign, placing Richard’s marriage, May 12, in the middle of it instead of before its beginning. They date Isaac’s surrender Whitsun Eve, June 1; the Itin., 203, makes it Friday, May 31.

[619] Est., ll. 2065-82.

[620] See the complaints of a contemporary Cypriote (Greek) writer, in Itin., introd. clxxxvi.

[621] Gesta, 168; cf. R. Howden, iii. 111, 112.

[622] Est., ll. 2067-8.

[623] Gesta, 167.

[624] Est., ll. 2101-5.

[625] Ib., ll. 2087, 2088; Itin., 204.

[626] Est., ll. 2089-92; Itin., l.c.

[627] Gesta, 168; R. Howden, iii. 112. The latter absurdly says the queens with the Maid of Cyprus and the greater part of the fleet reached Acre on the day of Isaac’s submission, i. e., June 1. It is quite clear that the whole fleet, with king, queens, and all, sailed on June 5.