Stories of Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of France by Alfred John Church

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It must now be told in a few words what Reynaud did in the Holy Land, / and what befell him afterwards.

First, then, when he was come to the city of Constantinople, he / lighted by chance on his cousin Mawgis, who was lying sick in a / certain house. So much did Mawgis rejoice to see Reynaud, that he / was straightway made whole of the sickness that he had. Then the two / went on together, and coming to Jerusalem, did excellent service for / the true faith, delivering the city out of the hand of the Sultan of / Persia, who had taken it by treachery.

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