andthewallsofCairoweredecoratedwithacircleofChristianheads。^97ThekingofFrancewasloadedwithchains；butthegenerousvictor，agreat—grandsonofthebrotherofSaladin，sentarobeofhonortohisroyalcaptive，andhisdeliverance，withthatofhissoldiers，wasobtainedbytherestitutionofDamietta^98andthepaymentoffourhundredthousandpiecesofgold。Inasoftandluxuriousclimate，thedegeneratechildrenofthecompanionsofNoureddinandSaladinwereincapableofresistingtheflowerofEuropeanchivalry:theytriumphedbythearmsoftheirslavesorMamalukes，thehardynativesofTartary，whoatatenderagehadbeenpurchasedoftheSyrianmerchants，andwereeducatedinthecampandpalaceofthesultan。ButEgyptsoonaffordedanewexampleofthedangerofpraetorianbands；andtherageoftheseferociousanimals，whohadbeenletlooseonthestrangers，wasprovokedtodevourtheirbenefactor。Intheprideofconquest，TouranShaw，thelastofhisrace，wasmurderedbyhisMamalukes；andthemostdaringoftheassassinsenteredthechamberofthecaptiveking，withdrawncimeters，andtheirhandsimbruedinthebloodoftheirsultan。ThefirmnessofLouiscommandedtheirrespect；^99theiravariceprevailedovercrueltyandzeal；thetreatywasaccomplished；andthekingofFrance，withtherelicsofhisarmy，waspermittedtoembarkforPalestine。HewastedfouryearswithinthewallsofAcre，unabletovisitJerusalem，andunwillingtoreturnwithoutglorytohisnativecountry。
[Footnote96:ThelasteditorshaveenrichedtheirJoinvillewithlargeandcuriousextractsfromtheArabichistorians，Macrizi，Abulfeda，&c。SeelikewiseAbulpharagius，Dynast。p。322—
325，whocallshimbythecorruptnameofRedefrans。MatthewParisp。683，684hasdescribedtherivalfollyoftheFrenchandEnglishwhofoughtandfellatMassoura。]
[Footnote97:Savary，inhisagreeableLetterssurL\'Egypte，hasgivenadescriptionofDamietta，tom。i。lettrexxiii。p。274—
290，andanarrativeoftheexpositionofSt。Louis，xxv。p。