ABSTRACT
Just as Guillaume de Machaut drew on the testimony of French nobles returning from the Cyprus for his information about Peter’s wars in the East, so too did the anonymous author of the history of France known as the Chronique des Quatre Premiers Valois. The good king of Cyprus and the admiral of his land and their battalions encountered the sultan’s emir, and there was a very fierce fight, as the Saracens numbered three times more than the Christians. There was present a good knight from the king of Hungary’s household, and in his company were at least 1,600 pilgrims. The Christians’ fleet from Jaffa and the Hospitallers’ fleet lined up side by side as if their vessels were fastened together and drove merrily in. Then the king of Cyprus thought it best to retire aboard his ship as he could not at that time do any damage or conquer anything at Tyre.
