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قراءة كتاب The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven

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The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin
Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven

The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven

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Sarrasin, and of the renewed attack upon Vale Castle—Of my first deeds of arms, and how the Moors were beaten back.

47 CHAPTER VIII. How I was sent forth by my lord abbot to seek protection of Duke William, and of what befell me by the way of the pirates. 54 CHAPTER IX. Of our battle on the rocks of Jersey Isle, and how Simon gave up his life, and how I was taken captive and brought back. 61 CHAPTER X. How I was brought before Le Grand Sarrasin, and of his magnificence—How I saw Folly in his chamber, and was lodged in a cavern under earth. 65 CHAPTER XI. By what means I was delivered from Le Grand Sarrasin, and how I found shelter with the priest of St. Apolline's. 72 CHAPTER XII. Of my second setting-forth for Normandy, and in what guise I took passage. 80 CHAPTER XIII. How I arrived at St. Malo, and, proceeding to the Abbey of St. Michael de Tombelaine, found friends to set me on my road. 85 CHAPTER XIV. How, being given letters to Duke William by the Abbots of St. Michael and of Bec, I set out for Coulances, and of what befell me on my way. 93 CHAPTER XV. How I saw an evil face at a casement, and how at my uncle's house of St. Sauveur I heard tell of my father—And of what happed on our getting forth for Valognes. 99 CHAPTER XVI. How, at length I was brought before William, Conquestor Invictissimus, of all soldiers the greatest, and most invincible of dukes—Of the manner he received my mission, and of the expedition of Samson d'Anville. 106 CHAPTER XVII. Of the journey of our ships to relieve the Brethren of the Vale, and how we fought a great battle with the Moors outside the Bay of L'Ancresse. 113 CHAPTER XVIII. The story of the relief of Vale Castle. 122 CHAPTER XIX. How we set forth to attack Le Château du Grand Sarrasin—Of the Normans' valour, and of the flight of our foes. 128 CHAPTER XX. Of the sore slaughter in the glen of Moulin Huet, and on the shore, and how Le Grand Sarrasin was slain, and of his secret.

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