ABSTRACT
And so, with this gain, he returned to Sicily, where all the soldiers, horse and foot, were awaiting him as the Jews do the Messiah. And when he came to Trapani, he heard that the Duke had marched against Messina and was besieging it by sea and by land, but Frey Roger went to Syracuse and there dismantled his galleys. And wherever the soldiers were awaiting him, full of confidence, he proceeded to succour them, for to every man, horse or foot, he found guarding a castle in Sicily and in Calabria, he gave pay for further six months ; so that all the soldiers were so full of good will that one was worth as much as two. And then he sent at once for his company and likewise paid it and sent the Lord King and all the richs homens great refreshment of money.
