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The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin - Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven by William J. Ferrar
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CHAPTER IV.

Of the coming of the Sarrasins in force, and of the building of their
château--Of _Brother Hugo's_ confidence in God, and how I rang the
alarm-bell at _St. Pierre Port_. 28

CHAPTER V.

Of what befell the abbot's envoys to _Duke William_, our liege lord,
and more particularly _Brother Ralf_, and how we were hemmed in by
our foes. 34

CHAPTER VI.

Of our passing from cloister to castle, and of the burning of
_Vale Abbey_--Of the siege of the castle, and the exploits
of _Brother Hugo_. 40

CHAPTER VII.

Of _Le Grand Sarrasin_, and of the renewed attack upon _Vale Castle_--Of
my first deeds of arms, and how the _Moors_ were beaten back. 47

CHAPTER VIII.