This valiant but wary crusader persuaded the king to keep a third of his forces in reserve; and when the soldiers of Curradino, thinking they had won the day, were scattered over the field in pursuit of plunder, Charles fell upon them, and routed them.

Alardo is mentioned in the Cento Novelle Antiche , Nov. LVII , as “celebrated for his wonderful prowess even among the chief nobles, and no less esteemed for his singular virtues than for his courage.” ↩

Gibbon, ch. L , says:⁠—