However, so did they hack
at the postern, both above and below, with their axes and good
swords, that they made a great bole therein; and when the postern
was broken through, they all swarmed to the aperture, but saw so
many people above and below, that it seemed as if half the world
were there, and they dared not be so bold as to enter.
"Now when Aleaume, the clerk, saw that no one dared to go in, be
sprang forward, and said that go in he would. And there was there
present a knight, a brother to the clerk (the knight's name was
Robert ofClari),who-forbade him,and said he should not go in. And
the clerk said he would, and scrambled in on his hands and feet.
And when the knight saw this, he took hold upon him, by the foot,
and began to drag him back. But in his brother's despite, and
whether his brother would or not, the clerk went in. And when he
was within, many were the Greeks who ran upon him, and those on the
walls cast big stones upon him. And the clerk drew his knife, and
ran at them; and he drave them before him as if they had been
cattle, and cried to those who were without, to the Lord Peter of
Amiens and his folk, 'Sire, come in boldly, I see that they are
falling back discomfited and flying.' When my Lord Peter heard
this, he and his people who were without, they entered in; and
there were no more than ten knights with him, but there were some
sixty sergeants, and they were all on foot.
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