[894] _Est._, ll. 8961-70; _Itin._, 343. [895] _Itin._, 299. [896] _Ib._, 344, 345. [897] _Ib._, 343, 346. [898] _Est._, ll. 8956-9. [899] _Est._, ll. 9127-45; _Itin._, 351. [900] Bohadin, 295, 296, 298. [901] The _Est._, ll. 9323-4, and _Itin._, 355, however, mention some Genoese and Pisans as taking part in the final storming. [902] The authorities say merely “un diemaine,” _Est._, l. 9175; “quadam dominica,” _Itin._, 352; but we shall see later that it must have been May 17. [903] _Est._, ll. 9173-240; _Itin._, 352-4. [904] Bohadin, 301. [905] Bohadin’s version (_l.c._) of this is that they asked for time to communicate with Saladin. [906] _Est._, ll. 9174-368; _Itin._, 354-6; cf. Bohadin, 301. This last, Ibn Alathyr (60), and Imad-ed-Din (in Abu Shama, 54), date the surrender May 23; as it seems to have been made late in the evening, and the Mohammedan day begins at sunset, this date really agrees with that given by the western writers. [907] We hear nothing of a taking of Gaza; but Gaza had long ceased to be a place of any military importance. Richard and his companions passed through it on their way back to Ascalon (_Est._, l. 9389, _Itin._, 356), so its Moslem garrison, if it had had one, had evidently been withdrawn. [908] _Est._, ll. 8369-86; _Itin._, _l.c._ [909] _Itin._, _l.c._ [910] _Est._, ll. 9387-94; _Itin._, 356, 357. [911] Cf. _Est._, ll. 9395-407, and _Itin._, 357, 358. For Cassaba, see G. Paris, note in Glossary to _Estoire_, _s.v._ “Canoie as Estornels.” [912] _Est._, ll. 9408-32; _Itin._, 358.