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head rubbed vrith houey, left, in the heat of summer, during
a whole day exposed to flies and insects.* Eenaud de Chatillon,
after ha^ing tilled the city of Ascalon with terror and
mourning, was desirous of signalizing his reign by some
warlike enterprise. Become the leader of an army in which
he had been a soldier, he began by making war against the
emperor of Constantinople, and armed several vessels, with
which he ravaged the isle of C}~prus. The Greek emperor
hastened to avenge the insult, and was soon with an army
encamped within sight of Ascalon. Eenaud not being master
of a sufficient force with which to defend himself, had
recourse to baseness to disarm the anger of his enemy, and
came, with a cord round his neck, and torn vestments, to lay
his sword at the feet of the emperor, who granted him peace.
TV^hen the Greeks had resumed their way to Constantinople,
Henaud tamed his arms against the Saracens. He at once
put to flight the army of Xoureddin, who had advanced towards
the territor}' of Antioch ; but, led away by thirst for
booty, he fell into an ambuscade, was made prisoner and
conducted to Aleppo, where the Mussulmans detained him
many years. At last some of his ancient companions succeeded
in breaking his chains, and what is not unworthy of
remark, the produce of the booty made in an incursion on
the territories of Damascus was the price of his liberty.
When Henaud de Chatillon issued from his captivity, his
wife Constance was no longer hving, and the son of Eaymond,
arrived at tlie age of maturity, governed the pruicipality
of Antioch, Eenaud repaired to Jerusalem, where
the remembrance of his exploits and misfortunes, suffered
in the cause of the Christians, secured him a welcome from
the king and the barons. Having, m a second marriage,
espoused the widow of Homfrey de Thourou, he became lord
of Carac, and some castles situated on the confixies of Arabia
and Palestine. Eenaud led into these cities and fortresses
a great number of Templars, whom he associated with his
fortunes. He had just established himself there, and had
already begun to ravage the frontiers of Arabia, when the
* This was a common punishment in the East. In the Persian " boaideath,^'
as described by Plutarch, the criminal was nailed down in a boat,
leaving only his head bare ;—thus smeared, exposed, and left t« AW.—
Trajis.