Afterwards the kadi went to the melich, and represented to him that the law of Mahomet would be overthrown if these people were allowed to live.  He observed farther, that, by the precepts of Mahomet in the alcoran, it was declared, that any one who slew a Christian, acquired as much merit by that action as by the pilgrimage to Mecca.  Then said the melich unto him, “Go thy way, and do what thou wilt.”  Whereupon the kadi took four armed men, whom he directed to go and slay the friars.  These men crossed over the water while it was night, but were then unable to find the friars.  In the meantime, the melich caused all the Christians in the city to be taken up and thrown into prison.  In the middle of the night, the three friars rose up to say matins, and being then discovered by the four armed Saracens, they were dragged out of the village to a place beneath a certain tree, where they thus addressed our friars:  “Know ye that we are ordered by the kadi and the melich to slay you, which we are very unwilling to do, as you are good and holy men; but we dare not refuse, as we and our wives and children would be put to death.”  Then answered the friars, “Do ye even as you have been commanded, that by a temporal death we may gain eternal life; since, for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was crucified and died for us, and in honour of our faith in his holy gospel, we are prepared willingly to suffer every kind of torment, and even death itself.”  A Christian man, who had joined company with the friars, reasoned much with the four armed Saracens, declaring, if he had a sword, he would either defend these holy men from death, or would die along with them.  Then the armed men caused the friars to take off their garments, and friar Thomas, on his knees, and with his arms folded in form of the cross, had his head smitten off.  Friar James had his head divided to the eyes by the first blow, and by a second, his head was severed from his body.  They wounded friar Demetrius at first in the breast, and then cut off his head.  In the moment of the martyrdom of these holy men, the moon shone out with unusual splendour, and the night became so exceedingly light, that all admired greatly:  After which, it suddenly became excessively dark, with great thunder and lightning, and violent coruscations, so that all expected to be destroyed; and the ship, which ought to have carried away the friars, was sunk, with all on board, so that no tidings of it were ever heard afterwards.

In the morning, the kadi sent to take possession of the goods belonging to the friars, and then friar Peter de Senlis, who had been left in charge of the goods, was found, and carried before the kadi; who, together with the other Saracens, promised him great things, if he would renounce the Christian faith, and conform to the law of Mahomet.  But friar Peter scorned all their offers, and derided them:  Whereupon they inflicted every species of torment upon him, from morning until mid-day, which he bore with patience