_ 34 _ horses took fright at the muskets and turned back and ran into others, so that they were in confusion. When our great Lord saw this, he sent the first lines, of which there were ten, against them, and attacked boldly, with great shouts and force. Because they were obstructed by those in front and were afraid, and the horses frightened [...] [...] they were easily put [to flight]. When this was observed by the Sultan and the soldiers that were gathered around his person, he worked hard to stop his men and make them go back into the battle. But with great heat and effort, and because he had seen himself victor and so soon a thunderbolt from his horse to the ground, dead. The Turk pursued […] his victory. That night he took Aleppo, and when the Sultan’s men saw this, they retreated to Damascus. In this battle there were about ten thousand men on each side. When Sultan’s men were in Damascus, they heard that our great Lord was advancing on them, and they went back to Cairo where they at once made a new Sultan, whose name was [Grandiodar]. They raised thirty thousand Mamluks and sent for thirty thousand Arabs who came from the mountains, among whom came many other men, so that they amounted to one hundred and thirty thousand. They had great hopes of
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