The master told these things to the king; and the king was greatly surprised, and sari; the master had been over bold in holding speech or negotiating with the Soldan without first speaking to him, the king; and the king added that reparation should be made. And the reparation was made in this wise: The king caused the flaps of three of his pavilions to he raised; and all the commonalty of the host who would, had leave to assemble there and see what was toward. And thither came the Master of the Temple, and all his brotherhood of knights, all barefoot, right through the camp, because their quarters were outside.
Soldan's envoy
And the king caused the Master of the Temple to sit in front of him, and also the Soldan's envoy; and the king said to the master, in a loud voice: " Master, you will tell the Soldan's envoy that it repents you that you have made any treaty with the Soldan without first speaking to me; and because you did not first so speak to me, you must hold the Soldan discharged from what he has covenanted, and return him all his cove nans." Thereupon the master took the written agreements and gave them to the emir; and then the master said: " I give you back the agreements that I entered into wrong fully; whereof it repented me."
Then the king told the master to rise, and to cause all the brethren to rise; and he did so. And the king said: " Now kneel, and make reparation, because you have gone to the Soldan against my will." The master knelt, and handed the end of his mantle to the king, and gave over to the king all that they possessed to take therefrom such fine and penalty as the king might determine. " And I declare in the first place," said the king, " that Brother Hugh, who made these agreements, shall be banished from all the realm of Jerusalem." Neither the master, who was godfather with the king to the Count 01 Alenfon, boom at Castle Pilgrim, nor even the queen, no: any other, was able to do aught on behalf of Brother Hugh he had to avoid the Holy Land and the kingdom of Jerusalem.
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