116 THE BOY CRUSADERS.

hands and knees and cry for mercy to our Lord, in
whom alone resides all power.”

‘As soon, therefore, as the Turks threw their fires,
we flung omcelee on our hands and knees as the
wise man had advised; and, this time, they fell
between our two cats, into a hole in front, which
our people had made to extinguish them; and they
were instantly put out by a man appointed for that
purpose.

‘Each time that our good king, St. Louis, heard
them make these discharges of fire, he cast himself
on the ground, and with extended arms, and eyes
turned to the heavens, cried with a loud voice to our
Lord, and shedding heavy tears, said —“ Good Lord
God, preserve thou me, and all thy people :” and, be-
lieve me, his sincere prayers were of great service to
us. Every time the fire fell near us he sent one of
his knights to know how we were, and if the fire had
hurt us. One of the discharges from the Turks fell
beside a chas-chateil, guarded by the men of the Lord
of Courtenay, struck the bank of the river in frontand
ran on the ground toward them, burning with flames.
One of the knights of his guard instantly came to me,
crying out, ** Help us, my lord, or we are burnt; for
there isa long train of Greek fire, which the Saracens
have discharged, that is running straight for our castle.”

‘We immediately hastened thither, and good need
was there, for as the knight had said, so it was. We
extinguished the fire with much labour and difficulty ;
for the Saracens, in the meantime, kept up so brisk
a shooting from the opposite bank, that we were
covered with arrows and bolts,’