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But with Salah-ed-din you have another score to settle that by promising her escape you tried to seduce her from this ship, where you were sworn to guard her, saying that you would find her refuge among the Greeks of Cyprus." "Were this true," replied Lozelle, "the Sultan might have cause of complaint against me. But it is not true. Hearken, since speak I must.
I, Salah-ed-din, Yusuf ibn Ayoub, Commander of the Faithful, cause these words to be written, and seal them with my own hand, to the Frankish lord, Sir Andrew D'Arcy, husband of my sister by another mother, Sitt Zobeide, the beautiful and faithless, on whom Allah has taken vengeance for her sin.
So beware, Sir Wulf, lest you be robbed or murdered, although you have eaten the salt of Salah-ed-din." "I remember the captain Abdullah looking at it greedily and lamenting that the Luck of the House of Hassan should pass to an unbeliever," said Wulf. "Well, enough of this jewel and its dangers; I think Godwin has words to say." "Yes," said Godwin.
"How is that, lady, seeing that you are said to be the niece of Salah-ed-din? Are these knights, then, the nephews of Salah-ed-din?" "Nay," answered Rosamund, "they are my father's sons, but of another wife." The answer appeared to satisfy Sinan, who fixed his eyes upon the pale beauty of Rosamund and asked no more questions.
Say, Princess" and he bowed the knee to her with an affectation of mockery which could not hide his earnest reverence "say, Princess, my cousin, granddaughter of Ayoub and niece of the mighty monarch, Yusuf Salah-ed-din, do you wish to leave this pale land and visit your dominions in Egypt and in Syria?"
"In the dread name of Sinan, in the name of the lord Al-je-bal, O servant of Salah-ed-din." At these words a groan of fear went up even from the brave Saracens, for now they learned that they had to do with the terrible chief of the Assassins. "Is there then war between the Sultan and Sinan?" asked Hassan. "Ay, there is always war.
Here, I will not fight with you, but Salah-ed-din shall learn all this case when we reach his court, and judge between the word of the princess of Baalbec and of his hired servant, the false Frank and pirate, Sir Hugh Lozelle." "Let him learn it when we reach his court," answered Lozelle, with meaning; then added, "Have you aught else to say to me, prince Hassan?
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