[Footnote133:Alaterreperdue，toutfutperdu，isthevigorousexpressionoftheAssise，c。281。YetJerusalemcapitulatedwithSaladin；thequeenandtheprincipalChristiansdepartedinpeace；andacodesopreciousandsoportablecouldnotprovoketheavariceoftheconquerors。IhavesometimessuspectedtheexistenceofthisoriginalcopyoftheHolySepulchre，whichmightbeinventedtosanctifyandauthenticatethetraditionarycustomsoftheFrenchinPalestine。]
[Footnote134:Anoblelawyer，RaouldeTabarie，deniedtheprayerofKingAmauri，A。D。1195—1205，thathewouldcommithisknowledgedtowriting，andfranklydeclared，quedecequ\'ilsavoitneferoit—iljanulborjoissonpareill，nenullsagehommelettre，c。281。]
[Footnote135:Thecompilerofthiswork，Jeand\'Ibelin，wascountofJaffaandAscalon，lordofBaruthBerytusandRames，anddiedA。D。1266，Sanut，l。iii。p。ii。c。5，8。ThefamilyofIbelin，whichdescendedfromayoungerbrotherofacountofChartresinFrance，longflourishedinPalestineandCyprus，seetheLignagesdedecaMer，ord\'Outremer，c。6，attheendoftheAssisesdeJerusalem，anoriginalbook，whichrecordsthepedigreesoftheFrenchadventurers。]
[Footnote136:Bysixteencommissionerschoseninthestatesoftheisland:theworkwasfinishedthe3dofNovember，1369，sealedwithfoursealsanddepositedinthecathedralofNicosia，seetheprefacetotheAssises。]
Thejusticeandfreedomoftheconstitutionweremaintainedbytwotribunalsofunequaldignity，whichwereinstitutedbyGodfreyofBouillonaftertheconquestofJerusalem。Theking，inperson，presidedintheuppercourt，thecourtofthebarons。