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Updated: July 11, 2025
I will give you for him twice his weight in gold, and set free besides all your nephews that have been taken prisoners. But William loved his horse, and would not have parted with him to Charles himself; so he cut off the Saracen's head with his sword, and mounted his horse Folatisse, taking the saddle and bridle off Bausant so that he might the more easily escape from the Pagans.
He jumped from his horse and rubbed his flanks, saying to him the while, 'Bausant, what will you do? Your sides are all bloody, and you can scarcely stand; but remember, if once you fall it means my death. At these words Bausant neighed, pricked up his ears and shook himself, and as he did so the blood seemed to flow strongly in his veins, as of old.
'William! cried the Saracen, 'this time you will not escape me. But the sun was in his eyes, and his sword missed his aim. Before he could strike another blow William had borne him from his horse and galloped away on Bausant. The mountain that he was climbing now was beset with Infidels, like all the rest, and William looked in vain for a way of escape.
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