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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries
from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.11
page 373
, father, hat he lived mt Jtapg- to enjoy it. Qp his de^th, the Gcnoefe brought back James, wi|gp they had crowned king, and he has -xttçped f v^ fince in Cyprus, through the fupgqrt the fqf^ppff . give him againft all n^Qjps. . . .
. They would never give up pQljfeJfion of the tfwn or por* of Eamagoufta, and are the maftcr^ jof - it at this prefent moment of my WÂihg ,thefe chronicles. Indeed, had the Gcnoefe ijot held it, the Turks and Infidels would h^ve çonquejed thp •whole of the ifland, as well as Rhodes and thç •other adjacent iûapds s but the Venetians jipd Ger noefe are their great opponents. Wfcen the la^b law that the kingdom of Armenia was conquer^ by the Turks, they feized the .town of Courch, that is fituated on the fea-ftiore, which they have Jccpt under .their governance. The Turks, werp they not fearful of Cpwch and Peja, near Con-stantinople, woyld dp the greateft .mifchief to all who navigate thofe feas, u well as to Rhodes the neighboring iflands. -
It is by thefe nutans .the frontiers of Chriftepdqip •are defended -, hut let w return to king jape of Cyprus. When he found, from the bale crime tje ~ had -been guilty of, he was fallen under the dif-pleafure and hatred of every crowned head, fije exerted himfelf to the utmoft to recover their fa-vour, and thought himfelf highly honoured by the Jet$er the kpgof prance |ad written to tym. Ifc was afraid of him, and not without reafqfl, fpr tfce duke pf Boprbon, uncle to the king of Françj^, was, by right of fucce^fion throi^h the ^u^pgn^,
VOL. XL B b ' ' the
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