At first the voyage was prosperous, but at last they were attacked by pirates in great force, and after being delayed by adverse winds they finally encountered a tempest and nearly wrecked. They at last landed at Palermo, on the Island of Sicily. There the king received them with honors and gave Maugis a brilliant reception, and would have him remain with him for some time, but Maugis declined. It was while he was waiting at Palermo, repairing the damage done to his ship by the tempest, and recruiting himself after the rigors of his voyage, that an extraordinary event occurred. A war was declared against the King of Sicily by the Saracens, and before any precaution could be taken a large army landed on his coast. The King of Sicily, not being prepared to meet this great force, was in great fear, but Maugis reassured him that he would disembarrass Sicily of the Saracens, whom he had already defeated in Palestine. The Sicilian army was hastily assembled before Palermo, and Maugis placed himself at its head. Everything being gotten quickly in readiness, Maugis marched out to meet the Saracens without delay, who, thinking they were marching to surprise their enemy unprepared for the unexpected change in the position, caused by the sudden appearance of the Sicilian army, hesitated, while the Sicilians advanced upon them firmly. Emiraza, the chief of the infidels, whom Maugis had already defeated at Jerusalem, little thought who he had opposing him once more. He galloped forward to see if he could discover what caused this bold interference with his designs, and when he animated his troops and brought them forward to battle he soon perceived he was to meet with a very stubborn resistance. Seeing a group of knights at the head of the Sicilian army, he charged upon them with his escort. At that instant the cry of “Montaubon!” rang in his ears. He stopped still, trembling, and asked how it was possible that Maugis could be found in Sicily, when it was over five months since he had departed from Palestine to return to France. Meanwhile, regaining his courage, he continued his charge upon the invincible group of knights, and was repulsed, and Maugis, taking advantage of the confusion this repulse occasioned, threw his forces upon the Saracens and completely routed them. In vain it was the infidels offered a heroic resistance, they were forced to the seashore. Emiraza, relying upon the swiftness of his horse, reached the shore, plunged into the waves, and sought to gain his galley. When his soldiers, later, were stopped by the sea, they were pressed upon by the victorious Sicilians, until finally they were either killed or made prisoners to the last man.