[777] _Est._, ll. 6157-64; _Itin._, 260, 261. [778] According to _Est._, ll. 6427-30, he was a “compainz” of Richard from England. [779] _Est._, ll. 6255-472; _Itin._, 264-9. [780] Bohadin, 258. [781] _Est._, ll. 6475-92; cf. _Itin._, 269, 270. [782] Cf. _Est._, ll. 6532-616, _Itin._, 273, 274, and Bohadin, 259-60. [783] Cf. _Est._, ll. 6621-38, _Itin._, 274, 275, Richard’s letters in R. Howden, iii. 130-2, and Bohadin, 261. Other accounts of the battle are in _Gesta_, 191, and R. Howden, iii. 128, 129; both with a wrong date and some other obvious errors. [784] Letter in R. Howden, _l.c._ 131. [785] Bohadin, 261. [786] _Ib._ [787] Cf. _Est._, ll. 6895-902, and _Itin._, 281, with Bohadin, 261. [788] _Est._, ll. 6683-734, 6903-25; _Itin._, 276, 277, 281, 282; Bohadin, 261-2—the last again with wrong days of the month. [789] _Est._, ll. 6925-35; _Itin._, 281, 282. [790] Bohadin, 262, gives the date of Saladin’s arrival at Ramlah as 17 Jaban (= Monday, September 9); Imad-ed-Din (in Abu Shama, _Recueil_, v. 40) makes it 19 Jaban (= September 11). [791] Bohadin, 263; cf. Imad-ed-Din, in Abu Shama, v. 40-1, 43. [792] Bohadin, 263-7. He says (266) that he heard one of the men engaged in the demolition tell Saladin that they had dug through a wall “a spear’s length” in thickness. What was the length of a Saracen spear? [793] Bohadin, 265, says 20 Shaban = September 12; but probably he is a day behind as usual. [794] _Ib._, 265, 266. [795] _Est._, ll. 6941-7034; cf. _Itin._, 283. [796] Letter in R. Howden, iii. 130. [797] Bohadin, 267. [798] Letter in R. Howden, iii. 132. [799] The salutation of the letter is merely “N. dilecto et fideli suo,” without any name. [800] Letter in R. Howden, iii. 131, 132. [801] _Est._, ll. 7038-58. [802] _Ib._, ll. 7051-60; _Itin._, 285. For locality see note in index to _Estoire_, _s.v._ “Seint Abacuc.” [803] _Est._, ll. 7061-6; _Itin._, _l.c._ [804] Bohadin, 270. [805] Natroun is the form used by Bohadin; but Quatremère, _Hist. des Sultans Mamelouks de l’Egypte_, t. ii, I^{ère} partie, p. 256, no. 10, says, “La forme la plus régulière de ce nom est Alatroun,” and quotes a MS. Arabic geographical lexicon which gives the name thus. It is better known in the corrupt form Latroun. The place seems to be identical with a ruined castle which the Christian inhabitants of the land told early pilgrims was the abode of the Penitent Thief. This raises a question whether the story was derived from Alatroun by way of _Latroun_ and _latro_, or _latro_ gave rise to Alatroun. Quatremère inclines to the latter view. [806] Bohadin, 270, 271. [807] On October 13; Bohadin, 273. [808] _Est._, ll. 7067-82; _Itin._, 286. [809] Cf. _Est._, ll. 7075-7, with Bohadin, 279, who says some Frankish ships with, “it was said,” five hundred men on board were captured by the Turkish fleet on October 26. [810] _Itin._, _l.c._ [811] _Est._, ll. 7083-175; _Itin._, 286-8. [812] Bohadin, 274, 275. [813] Bohadin, 277-80.