"The eorthe quaked heom undur,
No scholde mon have herd the thondur."
- Ibid. 142.
Also in a contemporary account of the fall of Acre (1291): "Renovatur ergo
bellum terribile inter alterutros ... clamoribus interjectis hine et inde
ad terrorem; ita ut nec Deus tonans in sublime coaudiri potuisset."
(De Excidio Acconis, in Martene et Durand, V. 780.)
NOTE 5. - "Car il estoit homme au Grant Kaan." (See note 2, ch. xiv.,
in Prologue.)
NOTE 6. - In continuation of note 4, chap. ii., we give Gaubil's conclusion
of the story of Nayan: "The Emperor had gone ahead with a small force,
when Nayan's General came forward with 100,000 men to make a
reconnaissance. The Sovereign, however, put on a bold front, and though in
great danger of being carried off, showed no trepidation. It was night,
and an urgent summons went to call troops to the Emperor's aid. They
marched at once, the horsemen taking the foot soldiers on the crupper
behind them. Nayan all this while was taking it quietly in his camp, and
his generals did not venture to attack the Emperor, suspecting an
ambuscade. Liting then took ten resolute men, and on approaching the
General's camp, caused a Fire-Pao to be discharged; the report caused a
great panic among Nayan's troops, who were very ill disciplined at the
best. Meanwhile the Chinese and Tartar troops had all come up, and Nayan
was attacked on all sides: by Liting at the head of the Chinese, by
Yusitemur at the head of the Mongols, by Tutuha and the Emperor in person
at the head of his guards and the troops of Kincha (Kipchak). The
presence of the Emperor rendered the army invincible, and Nayan's forces
were completely defeated.
