militibus ⁊ aliis multis, in die apostolorum Philippi ⁊ Iacobi. ¶Rex Babilonis Saladinus
cum lxxx milibus militum1 ⁊ eo amplius sequenti die ueneris post festum apostolorum
Petri
⁊ Pauli Ierosolimitani regni terram inuasit, ⁊ Tyberiam ui cepit. Contra
quos rex Ie
rosolimitanus cum suis processit ad bellum uersus Tabarum per dietam
unam. Cumque ad e
minentem ⁊ saxosum uenissent locum, ibi uero imminentibus hostibus
undique necessitate
compulsus rex de baronum consilio bellum committere dignum
duxit. In quo loco Sala
dinus rex cum tubis ⁊ infinita multitudine bellatorum in
Christianos qui propter loca saxosa ⁊
inuia pugnare non poterant assultum
fecerunt, ⁊ eos omni bellandi genere im
pugnauerunt ⁊ expugnauerunt. Tandem
Tochedinus Saladini nepos regem
fugam arripientem ⁊ crucem Dominici ligni cepit.
Ceteri omnes fere confracti, capti, ⁊
trucidati, ⁊ uinculis mancipati sunt.
Saladinus statim milicie Templi ⁊ Hospitalis mi
lites segregari fecit ab aliis ⁊
coram se decapitari. Ipse propria manu principem Reinaldum
de Castellione
interfecit, ⁊ fratrum de Templo ut in ueritate dicunt eodem die cctis ⁊ xxx
decollatis, exceptis illis d c qui prima die Maii interempti
fuerunt. ¶Willelmus rex Scot’
cum magno exercitu perrexixt in Mureuiam
contra MacWill’. Cumque rex esset apud opidum
Inuernis cum exercitu, comites
Scotie miserunt suos homines ad predandum, inueneruntque
MacWill’ cum suis super
moram que dicitur Mam Garuia prope Muref, ⁊ mox cum eo pugnaue
runt, ⁊ Deo
opitulante eum cum multis aliis interfecerunt pridie kal’ Augusti, feria vi benedictus
Deus, qui tradidit impios. ¶iiii kal’ Nou’ obiit Vrbanus papa iiius. ¶xii kal’ eiusdem, electus
est Gregorius viii qui
fuit cancelarius, ⁊ ipse dicitur Pannosus secundum interpretationem
abbatis, ⁊ viii kal’ eiusdem consecratus. ¶xvi kal’ Ianuarii obiit Gregorius papa
viiius ⁊ x▬iiii
kal’ eiusdem electus est Clemens iiiius ⁊ in
crastino consecratus;
Anno mocolxxxoviiio Philippus
rex Francorum, ⁊ H’ rex Anglorum, ⁊ comes Ricardus A
quitanie, ⁊ Philippus comes
Flandrie, ⁊ archiepiscopi, ⁊ episcopi ⁊ comites ⁊ barones, ⁊ populus
innumerabilis
diuitum ⁊ pauperum utriusque sexus nobiles interna inspiratione compuncti signum
salutis deuote, susceperunt. H’ rex Anglie habuit colloquium apud Gæitun post
puri
ficationem beate Marie, cum episcopis, comitibus, baronibus, ⁊ suis probis
hominibus clericis ⁊
laicis de diuersis causis ⁊ negociis, ibique multi crucem
susceperunt licet non pure, ⁊ rex
instituit ⁊ firmiter precepit dare decimas
omnium rerum suarum per Angliam ad succur
sum terre Ierusalem quam Deus redemptioni
nostre preuidit. ¶Henricus cardinalis Albanensis
ecclesie episcopus quondam abbas
Clarauallis ibidem obiit. ¶Ricardus de Morevilla constabu
larius regis W’ ⁊ uxor
eius Auicia ⁊ Will’ heres eorum dederunt Deo ⁊ Sancte Marie ⁊
monachis de Melros
in perpetuam elemosinam terram que Parc dicitur sicut carta ipsorum
testatur,
quorum felix elemosina, semper sit in eterna memoria. Obiit Hvgo episcopus Sancti Andree
apostoli. ¶Siluanus abbas iiii Rieuallis villicacionem suam Deo humiliter ac
simpli
citer resignauit apud Dundreinan.
nights and many others, on the day of the apostles
Philip and James.1 ¶Saladin king of Babylon, with 80
thousand knights and more there, invaded the land of the kingdom of Jerusalem on the
sacred day following after the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul2 and took Tiberias by force. The king of Jerusalem with his followers
advanced into battle against them by a day’s journey towards [Mount] Tabor. And when
they had come to a high and rocky place, there forced indeed by necessity with
threatening enemies on all sides, the king, on the advice of barons, resolved to commit
a worthy battle. In that place King Saladin, with trumpets and an infinite multitude of
warriors, made an attack on the Christians, who were not able to fight because of the
rocky and impenetrable terrain; and they fought against them and fought back with every
kind of warfare. At last, Tughtakin, the nephew of Saladin,3 captured the king as he took flight and
the Lord’s cross. Nearly all the remainder were shattered, seized, and massacred or
consigned to chains. Saladin immediately caused the military orders of knights of the
Temple and Hospital to be segregated from the others; and they were decapitated before
him. He killed Prince Reynald of Châtillon with his own hand; and—as they declare
truthfully—230 brothers of the Temple were beheaded that day, not including the 600 who
had been slaughtered on the first of May. ¶William king of Scotland with a great army
went into Moray against Mac Uilleim. And when the king was at the town of Inverness with
an army, the earls of Scotland sent their men to take plunder, and they came upon Mac
Uilleim with his followers on a moor which is called ‘Mam Garvia’ near Moray, and soon
fought with him; and with God’s aid they killed him with many others, on Friday 31 July.
Blessed be God, who handed over the wicked. ¶On 29 October4 Pope Urban III
died. ¶On 21 October Gregory VIII was elected, who was the chancellor; according to the
explanation of Abbot , he is called the
Ragged. He was consecrated on 25 October. ¶Pope Gregory VIII died on 17 December, and on
19 December Clement IV5 was elected, and
consecrated the next day.
In the 1188th year Philip king of the French and H[enry] king of the English and Richard
count of Aquitaine and Philip count of Flanders, and archbishops and bishops and earls
and barons, and countless people rich and poor and nobles of both sexes devoutly took
the cross of salvation, stung by inward inspiration. King H[enry] of England
had a conference at Geddington after the Purification of the blessed Mary,6 with bishops, earls, barons and his worthy men, cleric and
lay, about various issues and business, and many took the cross there, although not
unconditionally; and the king arranged and firmly commanded that tenths of all their
assets throughout England be given for the relief of the land of Jerusalem which God
foresaw for our redemption. Cardinal Henry, bishop of the church of Albano and formerly
abbot of Clairvaux, died in that place.7 Richard de
Moreville, constable of King William, and his wife Avicia and William their heir gave to
God and St Mary and the monks of Melrose as perpetual alms the land which is called Park
as their charter testifies;8 may their
happy alms always be in eternal memory. Hugh bishop of St Andrew the apostle died.
Silvanus 4th abbot of Rievaulx humbly and unconditionally
resigned his stewardship to God at Dundrennan.